Reading Disabilities / Dyslexia

“No other skill taught in school and learned by school children is more important than reading. It is the gateway to all other knowledge. Teaching students to read by the end of third grade is the single most important task assigned to elementary schools.” – American Federation of Teachers

Question/Issue	Link to resources
The Science of Reading Acquisition	Teaching Reading IS Rocket Science ** Must read Catch Them Before They Fall ** Must read Reading is Not a Natural Process What Education Schools Aren’t Teaching about Reading and What Elementary Teachers Aren’t Learning. Big Ideas in Beginning Reading The website includes definitions and descriptions of the research and theories behind each of the big ideas, describes how to assess the big ideas, and provides information on how to teach the big ideas in the classroom.
Why Some Children Have Trouble Learning To Read	Reading Disabilities: Why Do Some Children Have Difficulty Learning to Read? What Can Be Done About It?
Reading Instruction and Interventions	Requirements for reading instruction, grades K-3 Components of a good basic reading program Orton-Gillingham-Based And/Or Multisensory Basics of Multisensory Instruction for reading from IDA; Partial list of MLA Programs. Structured Language Approaches Multisensory Structured Language Programs: Content and Principles of Instruction Whole Language Lives on, The Illusion of "Balanced" Reading Instruction by Louisa Moats, published by the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation. Why Use Research Based Reading Programs Open Letter about Reading Recovery
Building Reading Fluency	Oral Reading Fluency Norms (Hasbrouck and Tindal, 2006) For Students Who Are Not Yet Fluent, Silent Reading Is Not the Best Use of Classroom Time Helping Your Child Build Reading Fluency Hasbrouck and Tindal oral reading fluency norms (2006)