Topic: Reading

What does it really mean to teach reading based on science—and how do strategies fit in?

Register for the Heinemann Educator Summit, a free virtual event from Sept. 29 to Oct. 3, 2025, featuring sessions that connect research to practice and celebrate educators everywhere.

Explore what’s new in Saxon Reading Foundations and how these updates reflect the most current science of reading research.

Structured prompts on reading around the text, craft and structure, and representation and perspective.

New book series from Heinemann called Moonlit Mountain Readers designed to support student engagement and drive foundational skill development.

Reading strategies have a substantial research base, supports all reading skills, support explicit teaching, map skills to progression, help students set a purpose for reading, support increased complexity, and support standards.

How can we make phonics instruction work for every child regardless of ability or background?

Help your students engage with reading! Moonlit Mountain Readers is a collection of decodable books designed to build phonics and early literacy skills through fantasy stories and engaging characters.

When thinking about how to build our students’ vocabularies, it helps to consider that we learn words incrementally, through multiple exposures, and in waves; the difference between word breadth and depth; and when you learn one word, you learn multiple words.

Help your students engage with reading! Moonlit Mountain Readers is a collection of decodable books designed to build phonics and early literacy skills through fantasy stories and engaging characters.

In this post, we’ll share four simple, classroom-ready strategies for applying the Active View of Reading in K–2 instruction.

Censorship often creates subversive barriers to children’s book access. True access gives readers unfettered access to the stories, information, and ideas they need and want to read.

How do we turn around declining reading comprehension as reported by the latest NAEP scores? Volume matters when it comes to reading proficiency.

February isn't the only time we should be elevating Black voices in literature. Learn how to incorporate stories of Black joy and triumph all year.

How do we know which book is the right one? What time is the right time? How do we assess both a reader’s growth and identity? How do we fit it all in?

Learn how to assess if your classroom library has enough range in complexity of materials to meets the needs of all students.

Learn how to optimize your classroom library with 4 design methods.

Comprehension is the heart of literacy instruction and targeting it during whole-group literacy time ensures that all students are building the skills they need to become thoughtful, engaged readers.