For Teachers

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Celebrating Asian Pacific American History and Culture

Browse our books, interviews with children’s authors, activities, and educational resources

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Looking at Writing

Annotated writing samples from kids PreK to grade 3, plus teaching tips

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Inclusive Classrooms: A Primer for Teachers

Learn more about what inclusion is — how to create a welcoming, inclusive classroom

Literacy in the Sciences

Simple activities that build literacy and science inquiry skills

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Virtual Literacy Instruction for Students with LD

Try these ideas and online learning tools with your students

Match Young Readers with Books They Will Love!

Create custom booklists from our library of 5,000+ books

Reading 101: A Guide to Teaching Reading and Writing

What every teacher should know

Supporting Children with Autism at Home

A guide for families and educators during COVID-19

NEW! Looking at Reading Interventions

Achieving mastery: see what it really takes to teach critical early literacy skills

Our Interview with Katherine Applegate

Applegate talks about books for reluctant readers, tackling tough topics, and much more!

All Kinds of Readers

Creating inclusive literacy celebrations for kids with learning & attention issues

Nonfiction Read-Alouds

Teacher-tested strategies for choosing and using informational texts in the classroom

Target the Problem!

Understanding a child's reading problems — and practical ways to help

Reading for Meaning

Effective strategies to help kids understand — and care about — what they read

Classroom Strategies

Browse our robust library of effective teaching strategies.

Looking at Writing

See writing samples from real students at different skill levels, pre-K to grade 3.

Reading for Meaning

Strategies that help kids understand and connect with what they read.

A Room of Writers

Go inside Shana Sterkin's third grade class as she engages her students in writer's workshop. Everyone shares their writing, including Miss Sterkin.

Launching Young Readers Series

Our PBS series explores reading and writing development in young children. The programs feature top reading experts, best practices in the classroom, support for struggling learners and how parents can help their kids succeed.

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Professional Development Webcasts

Learn from national experts on topics including RTI, assessment, differentiated instruction, comprehension, early literacy, supporting English language learners, educational media and more.

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Reading and writing in the classroom

Classroom Strategies

Our strategy library provides teachers with effective, research-based classroom strategies to help build and strengthen literacy skills in the following areas: print awareness, phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and writing.