Topic: Phonics

There are many ways to use Jump Rope Readers in your classroom. Like all decodable books, they can support whole class lessons, small group work, and independent practice.

Try some of these easy ways to help empower your readers during reading workshop.

Decoding is the process of extracting meaning from information given in a secret or complicated way. As students’ word recognition becomes increasingly automatic, more energy can be allocated toward deepening reading comprehension

Saxon Phonics and Spelling primarily focuses on teaching phonemic awareness, phonics, and fluency while building children’s decoding skills.

Learn how to use decoding assessments to teach phonics to K-2 students and get a free phonic decoding assessment tool.

Learn to use decodable texts to plan effective small group work with this sample teaching sequence from Michael Rae-Grant.

There are many ways to use Jump Rope Readers in your classroom. Like all decodable books, they can support whole class lessons, small group work, and independent practice.

Shared reading sparks joy, inquiry, student talk and agency. Shared reading is more engaging and impactful than any other whole-class literacy instruction.

Discover the key components of an effective reading intervention program to help your struggling students excel in their literacy skills.

Looking for ways to help struggling readers in your classroom? Check out these five early reading intervention activities to help improve reading skills and confidence.

Heinemann is excited to announce the second edition of Fountas & Pinnell Classroom, available this fall.

Decoding “big words” is absolutely pivotal to reading and comprehending text. You cannot become a successful reader if you cannot decode multisyllabic words.

Jen and Wiley have a conversation about the complex nature of education, reading and phonics instruction, and the pitfalls of all-or-nothing thinking.

Recently, I was talking to a group of primary grade teachers after finishing a workshop. They were all very conscientious, but they were also frightened, angry, and distracted by the tenor of recent conversations about phonics

On this episode of The Heinemann Podcast, Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell to discuss why Phonics is a critical part of a cohesive literacy system.

This excerpt from A Guide to the Phonics Units of Study focuses on the importance of high engagement and supporting all members of a learning community.

Evidence has converged on several important elements of a phonics lesson. Here are 5 research-based essential parts of a phonics lesson.

This week we discuss two of the guiding principles of the Units of Study in Phonics: 1) a lean, efficient curriculum, and 2) going beyond item knowledge.