Timothy Shanahan

Shanahan on Literacy

Literacy expert Timothy Shanahan shares best practices for teaching reading and writing. Dr. Shanahan is an internationally recognized professor of urban education and reading researcher who has extensive experience with children in inner-city schools and children with special needs. All posts are reprinted with permission from Shanahan on Literacy (opens in a new window).

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Comprehension: Activities for Your Second Grader

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Won’t Challenging Texts Discourage Young Readers?

high school teacher conducting literature lesson with students

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Whole Books or Excerpts? Which Does the Most to Promote Reading Ability

elementary teacher talking with students during lesson

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Rejecting Instructional Level Theory

Elementary teacher discussing assignment with three students in media center

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Our Middle School Reading Scores are Dropping — Help!

Young girl pointing at text as she reads aloud

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Modeling in Fluency Instruction

Elementary teacher providing small-group reading instruction

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Q&A on the Science of Reading

Assessment and Evaluation

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How to Do the Best Benchmark Testing

male elementary teacher at whiteboard with class

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Should Reading Be Taught Whole Class or Small Group?

Mother and daughter reading together outside in tent made of sheets

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Encouraging Summer Reading

3 elementary students writing in class

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How to Teach Writing Fluency

first grade student practicing reading with teacher

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The Whats, Hows, and Whys of Teaching Sight Vocabulary

kindergarten teacher helping student with simple word cards

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Blast from the Past: Is Morphology Training Better Than Phonics Instruction?

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