Without building strong reading skills, students often struggle to perform well in school and in life. Author Karen Gazith, through neuroscience, research-supported tools, and strategies, explores how children learn to read and how it should inform effective reading practices in schools. K-12 educators with this guide will find resources and reproducible tools to implement reading instruction and interventions, no matter the subject taught.

K-12 teachers and leaders will:

• Learn what neuroscience research says about how children learn to read, why some students struggle to read, and how this knowledge informs best practices
• Understand the big five of reading and how to apply each element in their teaching<
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• Gain strategies that target fundamental reading skills, like decoding and fluency
• Master instructional approaches like acceleration, push-in and pull-out, and anchor activities to support students who are off track

Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Neuroscience of Reading
Chapter 2: The Big Five of Literacy
Chapter 3: Reading and Response to Intervention
Chapter 4: Reading Instruction Across Content Areas
Chapter 5: Models for Reading Support
Chapter 6: Strategic Teaching and Learning
References and Resources
Index