Reading ASSIST Institute - Unlocking the written word... one sound at a time

Educators — Educator Resources

 What We're Reading:
General:
• Knowledge to Support the Teaching of Reading
  Catherine Snow, Peg Griffin, and Susan Burns (Editors)

• Becoming a Professional Reading Teacher: What to Teach, How to Teach, Why it Matters
  P.G. Aaron, R. Malatesha Joshi, and Diana Quatroche

• Meaningful Differences in the Everyday Experiences of Young American Children
  Todd Risley and Betty Hart

• Proust and the Squid
  MaryAnne Wolf

• Reading in the Brain
  Stanislas Dehaene

• Building the Reading Brain
  Pamela Nevills and Patricia Wolfe

• Overcoming Dyslexia
  Sally Shaywitz

Core Components of Reading:
Phonemic Awareness:
• Phonological Awareness from Research to Practice
  Gail Gillon

Phonics:
• Unlocking Literacy by Marcia Henry
  Speech to Print by Louisa Moats

Fluency:
• Dyslexia, Fluency, and the Brain
  MaryAnne Wolf (Editor)

Vocabulary:
• Bringing Words to Life
  Isabel Beck, Margaret McKeown, Linda Kucan

Vocabulary Instruction:
• Research to Practice
  J. Baumann and E. Kame'ennui (Editors)

Comprehension:
• Questioning the Author: An Approach for Enhancing Student Engagement with Text
  Isabel Beck, Margaret McKeown, Linda Kucan

• Improving Reading Comprehension: Research-Based Principles and Practices
  Joanne Carlisle and Melinda Rice

• Reading for Understanding: Toward an R&D Program in Reading Comprehension
  Catherine Snow

• Rethinking Reading Comprehension
  Anne Polselli Sweet and Catherine Snow

Websites:
• Florida Center for Reading Research - K - 5 teachers will find a wealth of resources in all literacy components
  www.fcrr.org

• Reading Rockets - national multimedia project offering information and resources to help us understand how children learn
  to read, why they struggle, and how we can help.
  http://www.readingrockets.org/

• American Federation of Teachers - online access to articles written by top researchers
  www.aft.org

• Children of the Code - videos and interviews with reading experts
  www.childrenofthecode.org

• Vocabulogic - vocabulary blog with a weekly article and numerous resources
  http://vocablog-plc.blogspot.com/

• National Center for Learning Disabilities
  www.ncld.org

• The International Dyslexia Association
  www.interdys.org

• Louisa Moats, Ed.D. - dedicated to supporting growth of teachers' knowledge in reading , spelling, writing, and language
  www.louisamoats.com

• Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic
  http://www.rfbd.org/