Science of Reading Research
Compiled by M. Smith @smithtexasteach Last updated 7-30-2020
Read in July 2020 COMING SOON!
Read in June 2020
Reading Instruction Self Reflection Jocelyn Seamer
Perspectives on Language Winter 2020
Experts Say Reading Recovery Is Not Effective, Leaves Too Many Children Behind
How to teach: It is bigger than The Reading Wars
Combining Phonological Awareness and Word Recognition
MRI to study the reading brain
Sound Walls Kastner Literacy Nugget
Change Management: The Science of Reading
Prioritizing Educator Knowledge Through Grassroots Activism
Systematic phonics instruction belongs in evidence-based reading programs
Race, Class, and Reading Research
Learning to read and write - a schema, Part 2 - The Literacy Blog
The Relationship Between Incarceration and Low Literacy
The Article That Introduced The Simple View of Reading - David Kilpatrick
Understand the Concerns About Teachers College Reading Workshop
Noble intent but misguided ideas: Reading and literacy in the NSW Curriculum Review
Twitter Thread about Lucy Caukin’s letter to her TCRWP Schools
How ‘Reading Instruction’ Fails Black and Brown Children
Article about SOLAR (Science of Language and Reading Lab)
Teaching Reading IS Rocket Science - Louisa Moats
Read in April May 2020
The 7 Deadly Errors of Teaching Reading
From The Atlantic: Elementary Education Has Gone Terribly Wrong
10 Signs of a Decoding Problem from Breaking the Code
Putting Students on the Path to Learning: The Case for Fully Guided Instruction
Scarborough’s Reading Rope - Scott Geiser’s Tweet
Skilled readers do not use 3 cues! Tweet by Anchored in Literacy
Reading Science in Schools Assessment Schedule
Every Child is Unique...And Every Child Has to Learn the Same Skills: The Right 2 Read Project
Christpher Such Twitter Thread on how much time children spend decoding
Is phonics a ‘method’ for teaching reading?: How to Teach Reading
The Science of Reading: Clarifying Misconceptions
On Sequence of Instruction: Shanahan on Literacy
Leveled Reading Groups Don’t Work! Why Aren’t We Talking About it?
The Compensating Reader from Orton Gillingham Online Academy
Read in March 2020
Melissa & Lori Love Literacy Podcast talk with Emily Hanford (via Twitter link)
International Dyslexia Association’s Structure Literacy Brief
Tweet by Scott Dieter on Simple View of Reading
Does Independent Reading Time During the School Day Create Lifelong Readers (Shanahan on Literacy)
High Five Literacy: Asking the Right Questions About Reading Instruction and Intervention
Jocelyn Seamer Education: Evidence Based Practice - The Prevention and the Cure
Twitter post - Stephen Parker: Did you know that sight words come in two flavors?
Susan A. Brady: Efficacy of Phonics Teaching for Reading Outcomes
The Reading for Understanding Initiative
Deans for Impact: Learning by Scientific Design
Deep Reading Brain in a Digital World: The Atlanta Speech School
Policy Statement on The Science of Reading - National Education Policy Center
Rapid Changes in Brain Activity During Learning of Grapheme-Phoneme Associations in Adults
Lyn Stone’s The Survival List: How to Input Structured, Memorable Words and Patterns to Long-term Memory (video) - ****Lyn is awesome!!!! Always a valuable resource :)
List of things read in January and February 2020
Constructivism and Balanced Literacy
New salvos in the battles over reading instruction - great podcast from Educate/APM Reports
Twitter pic of Lyn Stone's Decoding Dragon
The Writing Rope (inspired by the Reading Rope)
Several articles about the importance of knowledge from Perspectives on Language and Literacy
What the Science of Reading is Not (Twitter pic)
School Yourself: Phonics Edition
Poor phonics instruction fueling decline in children’s reading skills: study
List of research read in December 2019
****At a Loss for Words: How a Flawed Idea is Teaching Millions of Kids to be Poor Readers
****Hard Words: Why aren't kids being taught to read?
The two links above are great places to start!
How Should I Teach Sight Words?
How Spelling Supports Reading Instruction
Orthographic Processing and Spelling Theory
The Neuroscience of Orthographic Processing and Spelling
List of videos from dyslexia foundation - NOT just for dyslexia!
Sign up for free webinar about spelling and language learning with Dr. Louisa Moats
Rethinking what we are doing with our dyslexic students
How to teach handwriting and why it matters
How Mississippi is improving reading with the Science of Reading
Foundational Skills to Support Reading K-3
Blog post that summarizes great videos about orthographic mapping and how kids learn to read
Reading Rockets - what are syllable types explanations
Orton Gillingham for All - Learn about vowels, prefixes, syllables and more - it's all here!
Facebook post from David Kilpatrick - addressing word callers and Simple View of Reading
Balanced Literacy's Crumbling Foundation What We Can Do About It
The Foundation Importance of Phonemic Awareness
How to pronounce the 44 phonemes
A list of decodable readers from Code Read Dyslexia Network
The Science of Reading Teacher Prep
A tweet that shows an awesome SOUND WALL
A tweet that shows VOWEL VALLEY
The Baseball Study - MUST WATCH to understand why building vocabulary and knowledge is so important!
Cognitive Load and how we acquire information - EXPLICIT instruction vs constructivism
Ending the Reading Wars: The Importance and Limitations of Decodable Readers
Great article about teaching the Big Six of Reading Instruction
Is Reading Comprehension Even a Thing?
Background Knowledge: The Compass Pointing to Reading Comprehension
Great video about direct instruction
Ending the Reading Wars: Reading Acquisition From Novice to Expert
The science and politics of reading instruction
Development of Sight Word Reading: Phases and Findings
A tweet that shows The Ladder of Reading
Tweet from @debbiehepp showing guidance for phonics routines
Experience the Simple View of Reading
Learning About Your Child's Reading Development Tutorial