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Promote Deeper Reading at Home with the Book, Head, Heart Framework
We want kids to realize that reading should involve disrupting thinking, changing their understandings of the world and themselves.
–Dr. Kylene Beers and Dr. Robert E. Probst
Learn MoreBoost Phonics Skills at Home with the Making Words Strategy
When students learn to solve words in the most efficient manner possible, their reading comprehension and fluency also improve.
–Dr. Jan Richardson and Michèle Dufresne
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The Movie Read: Bring Purpose and Power to Reading Aloud Remotely
Reading aloud is no frivolous activity; it is solid instructional work when our intentions are clear.
–Dr. Lester Laminack
Learn MoreCultivate the Genius in Your Students at Home with a Textual Lineage Tree
The Historically Responsive Literacy (HRL) Framework is a universal teaching and learning model that helps teachers cultivate the genius within students and themselves and teach in ways that create…mutual empowerment, confidence, and reliance.
–Dr. Gholdy Muhammad
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The Book Talk: An Enticing Invitation to Read
When children have access to books, they read more and they read better. Period.
–Donalyn Miller and Colby Sharp
Learn MorePower Up Home Reading with Preview Stacks
Book-matching is vital to putting striving readers on a reading path.
–Stephanie Harvey and Annie Ward
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Silly Songs: A Fun Way to Build Fluency Skills from Afar
We see fluency as a critical bridge between word recognition and comprehension.
–Dr. Timothy V. Rasinski and Melissa Cheesman Smith
Learn MoreJump-Start Writing at Home with Personification
Building on real reasons to write, writing frameworks jump-start writing and other communication skills—and in this way, help all students become thriving writers.
–Sara Holbrook and Michael Salinger
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Boost Phonics Skills at Home with the Making Words Strategy
"It is time for a new paradigm for the teaching of reading—a strength-based approach that is fueled by the child's own voice in the world, the choices she makes as a reader, and the time to experience reading in a safe and supportive environment."
–Pam Allyn and Dr. Ernest Morrell
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