Poetic picture book author Dianne White invites readers to slow down, look closely, and rediscover trees as unique sources of beauty, inspiration, and story waiting to be seen.

In grades 3-8, it’s critical to continue explicit teaching of advanced phonics (e.g., multi-syllable words, unusual spelling patterns), fluency, vocabulary, morphology, spelling, reading comprehension (at grade level), and writing.

Get tips on how and when to practice two different kinds of fluency modeling. Remember that the goal is comprehension — to improve children’s ability to translate print into language that they can understand.

Magic Tree House author Mary Pope Osborne offers a lyrical meditation on the quiet companions that are with us through every chapter of life.

A science of reading requires that our prescriptions for teaching be tempered by rigorous instructional evaluations. If a claim hasn’t been tried out and found effective, then the claims aren’t part of reading science.

In the cloud-wrapped mountains of northern Vietnam, Launa Hall explores how young Hmong children are learning to read in Vietnamese — and how early literacy is shaping futures in this remote village.

Research indicates that variations in testing practices have little impact on results. Shanahan suggests more teaching, less testing!