Once students can decode, they need ongoing and thoughtful instruction to understand, interpret, and engage with what they read.

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Post by Panayiota (Pani) Kendeou & Kristen McMaster, University of Minnesota Making Inferences: The Cornerstone of Reading Comprehension Despite the persistent efforts of researchers, policy makers, ...

DEAR. OTTER. DIRT. SQUIRT. ZYLAR? It goes by many clever (and slightly ridiculous) names, but all of those acronyms refer to the act of reading recreationally at school. Many of the benefits of silent ...

Reading involves the skill of decoding written words into meaning. The first step, decoding, is the process of teaching children how to connect symbols with sounds. In layman’s terms, this is ...