In this video I share one of my favorite free resources for teaching phonics and spelling rules. I walk you through the Mr Spelling YouTube channel and show a few clips of his rap songs on vowel teams ...

Second grade phonics success comes from blending structured routines, small-group instruction, and engaging visual tools. Teachers are using anchor charts, spiral reviews, and targeted lessons to meet ...

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 ...

Lucy Calkins, a leading literacy expert, has rewritten her curriculum to include a fuller embrace of phonics and the science of reading. Critics may not be appeased. By Dana Goldstein For decades, ...

Arguments about the best way to teach children to read can be intense – they’ve even been described as “the reading wars”. In England, as in many other countries, much of the debate has been over the ...