Students will learn how to use context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words. In this episode, students will learn how to use context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words. Then ...

Parents and teachers are on the frontlines of California’s literacy crisis amid a national debate on how best to teach reading. Both groups often lack the tools to get involved and be heard. This ...

Media coverage of the science of reading has focused on problems in teaching phonics. But if it doesn't also examine misunderstandings about how to teach reading comprehension, we're unlikely to see ...

Students will practice making connections to a text to build their comprehension. Students will practice making connections to a text to build their comprehension. Students will practice this skill . ...

Nearly a half century ago, a landmark study showed that teachers weren’t explicitly teaching reading comprehension. Once children learned how to read words, no one taught them how to make sense of the ...

Many children who do not have trouble learning how to read do have trouble understanding what they read. Yet surprisingly, comprehension instruction did not receive much attention from reading ...

A second grader in Amber MacLean’s Bellevue Elementary classroom started the year with little ability to read. He was actively learning English and having trouble identifying letters and keeping up ...

Alabama’s public elementary and middle school students are taking annual standardized tests this month, and for third graders, the reading portion is extremely important. This is the first school year ...