Reading Instruction for Students with Dyslexia

How phonological awareness is like an umbrella.

An early skill in learning to read has as much to do with hearing how words sound as it does with seeing how words are written. Phonological awareness involves being able to recognize and manipulate the sounds within words.

An overview of fluency with text, including what it is, what it looks like, and why it is important for effective literacy skills.

This brief and infographic highlight the importance of explicit vocabulary instruction as part of intensifying reading instruction, with a focus on what to teach and how to teach it.

A brief summary of the IES Practice Guide on steps that teachers, reading coaches, and principals can take to successfully improve reading comprehension for young readers.

Phonics instruction teaches the idea that letters, and groups of letters, match individual sounds in printed words.