Topic: Reading

If we want kids to succeed with the reading they do in content areas across the day, teachers needs to be ready to teach the comprehension strategies that discipline demands.

The five elements Jennifer Serravallo considers every time she plans a comprehension lesson. Learn more about background knowledge, vocabulary, writing about reading, strategies and prompts, and conversation.

Learn how knowledge building supports reading comprehension, vocabulary growth, and academic success within a comprehensive approach to literacy.

Whole books make different demands on readers than short texts like articles, excerpts, and short stories. If your reading program is exclusively, or mostly, built around short texts and the whole books have been shelved, it’s time to course-correct.

The ways that we teach whole-class novels are often ineffective and alienating. Kate Roberts outlines how time, teaching methods, transfer, and text complexity are barriers to effectively teaching whole-class novels.

Learn how reading comprehension instruction supports meaning making, knowledge building, and academic success within a comprehensive approach to literacy.

What is bibliotherapy? Learn how to choose books that you will not only enjoy, but will help you grow into the kind of person you want to be.

Reading whole books strengthens comprehension, knowledge building, and meaning making.

When reading workshop is intentionally paired with core ELA instruction, it amplifies what is already working.

Kylene Beers offers 5 ways teachers can help students improve fluency.

No one becomes an avid reader on a diet of text tidbits. Practicing reading skills on paragraph-long excerpts lacks authenticity; it is absent of purpose apart from “doing school.” Books are more than tools for teaching children how to read. They are the reason to read.

The literacy crisis is more than "kids aren't reading!" Let's explore why and how we can get them back to whole books. Featuring new posts from Carol Jago, Penny Kittle, Marilyn Pryle, and more. Excerpts from previous titles by Kelly Gallagher, Tom Newkirk, Stephanie Affinito, and more.

See how reading workshop can improve student engagement and comprehension while supporting standards—through predictable routines, authentic texts, and responsive instruction.

Explore the American History Series and see how it supports meaningful literacy instruction.

With refreshed materials, a new name and logo, and a clear instructional vision, Saxon Reading Foundations continues to evolve, empowering educators and helping students build the skills they need to become confident, successful readers.

Discover how reading whole books and authentic texts strengthens comprehension, knowledge building, and student engagement in K–5 classrooms.

Learn how vocabulary instruction supports reading comprehension, knowledge building, and academic success within a comprehensive approach to literacy.

When early reading skills are taught in isolation, progress can stall. Learn why skill integration matters for early literacy and how research-aligned instruction supports real reading growth in K–2 classrooms.