Already troubled by her 4th grade students’ low reading levels, San Antonio-area teacher Melody Fernandez entered “survival mode” when she was moved down to 1st grade—and discovered the full scope of ...

As ubiquitous as colored pencils and alphabet posters, lists of “sight words” have long been a fixture in kindergarten and 1st grade classrooms. These inventories identify some of the most commonly ...

To argue that schools are over-teaching phonics is to risk being seen as a naysayer—someone who believes the tide will ...

On a chilly Tuesday back in January, my 7-year-old son’s classroom in Minneapolis was humming with reading activities. At their desks, first- and second-graders wrote on worksheets, read independently ...

In the dynamic realm of education... The art and science of teaching reading have been subject to continual debate and evolution. Educators find themselves at the forefront of this discourse, ...

Identifying sounds in middle of words, reading sight words, & words with short o sound. In this lesson, students will practice identifying sounds in the middle of words, reading sight words, and ...

Jack Silva didn't know anything about how children learn to read. What he did know is that a lot of students in his district were struggling. Silva is the chief academic officer for Bethlehem, Pa., ...

As cratering test scores intensify California’s resolve to improve student reading, one thing appears certain: the state’s newest teachers need to know how to teach literacy using foundational reading ...

MANILA, Philippines — One of the Department of Education’s most wide-scale attempts to arrest students’ declining reading comprehension skills will start on Friday with the rollout of a new weekly ...

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Councilor Harold Go is pushing to tap retired teachers to conduct free weekend reading classes for ...