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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First grader at board reading 3-letter words for teacher

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Phonics and Flexibility — Can They Really Go Together?

elementary teacher in lively conversation with students who have hands raised

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What do you think of “phonics first” or “phonics only” in the primary grades?

elementary teacher in lively conversation with students who have hands raised

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What Teachers Need to Know about Sentence Comprehension

Diverse group of kids learning about bees and honey in elementary classroom

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Do you like jigsaw approaches to teaching?

Young girl in striped short reading a book next to a cat

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Can Reading Instruction Improve Math Learning in the Primary Grades?

Elementary kids holding up word study examples in class

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Should We Still Teach Dictionary?

First grader at board reading 3-letter words for teacher

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Explicit Spelling Instruction or Invented Spelling?

First grader at board reading 3-letter words for teacher

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Print-to-Speech or Speech-to-Print? That Is the Question

elementary teacher working one-on-one with female student

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Me and Reading Recovery

elementary teacher in lively conversation with students who have hands raised

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Don’t Confuse Reading Comprehension and Learning to Read — Rereading

Diverse group of kids learning about bees and honey in elementary classroom

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Integrating Literacy Instruction with Science and Social Studies

elementary teacher in lively conversation with students who have hands raised

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Should I teach students to memorize sight words and monitor their progress?

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