Understanding the Science of Reading Quick Guide
Essential Skills to Know

• How the Brain Reads!
• How to Teach the Many Components of Reading/Language Art: Oral Language, Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary, Morphology, Reading and Writing 
• So, how will you know that you know these things: 

Watch this series of mini-videos from this essential website, Children of the Code: The Brain's Challenge
Watch:

• How the Brain Reads Video Bodine School 
• How the Brain Learns to Read Dr. Stanislaus Dehaene 
• Skilled Eye Movement Dr. Keith Rayner
• Rewiring the Brain  Reading Rockets Learn about dyslexia research here in Texas!

Read:

• National Reading Panel 
• Simple View of Reading National Center on Improving Literacy 
• Scarborough's Reading Rope- International Dyslexia Association
• How Spelling Supports Reading-Dr. Louisa Moats
• Teaching Reading is Rocket Science (2020) Dr. Louisa Moats
• Teaching Reading is Rocket Science- (1999) Dr. Louisa Moats
• What Teachers of Reading Need to Know and Be Able to Teach- Dr. Carol Tolman
• How Should Reading Be Taught -Dr. Rayner et. al

The Seminal Text for all Reading Teachers:

•  Beginning to Read- Marilyn J. Adams 

Science of Reading Organizations Literacy Teachers Should Join:

• International Dyslexia Association- read Perspectives, their Journal
• Reading League 

Essential Blog Literacy Teachers Should Read Once a Week: 

• Dr. Timothy Shanahan's Blog ​

To keep learning:

• Visit Reading Rockets. See below.

Listen 

• Emily Hanford's Reports on Reading

To create stations and tools for your students that align with the Science of Reading,

• visit my Stations Livebinder, Florida Center for Reading Research ​and Reading Teachers Network. Think of it as Researcher Free Teacher. You don't pay anyone for these free resources! 

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Free Courses on How to Teach Literacy:
​Reading Rockets

• Evidence-based reading website you can trust.
• To ensure that you know how to teach students how to read, you can always visit this website and go through the various strands on how to teach
• ​phonemic awareness, 
• phonics, 
• fluency, 
• spelling,  
• vocabulary and
• comprehension, and more!!!
• There are even strands for parents!
• You can earn PD credit with Region 14 in my annual summer book/website self-study. See our catalogue for details. 

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Donna Scherr's
​Stations Livebinder

• This is a free collection of National Reading Panel research-based resources for your K-5 reading stations.
• I have uploaded resources for the five components of reading, plus a few on writing. It gives you access to numerous websites, downloadable content and videos.
• Please share with your colleagues. 

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Florida Center For Reading Research Activities

• The ​​Florida Center for Reading Research created research-based activities to support K-5 readers and writers grow.
• These are free. Save them in case they every disappear. Don't print. Save, look and only print what you need.
• Great for differentiating.

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Reading Teacher's Network! Free Consumables!
​Researcher Pay Teacher

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