Teaching Children to Read

Articles about teaching children to read

• The Ignored Science That Could Help Close The Achievement Gap
• Bridging The Gap Between Science And Poor Reading
• The Way We Teach Reading Sets Them Up To Fail
• Why Millions Of Kids Can't Read And What Better Teaching Can Do About It 
• Kids Struggle To Read When Schools Leave Phonics Out
• Why Are We Continuing to Teach Reading the Wrong Way 
• Children Learning To Read Later Can Catch Up To Children Who Learned To Read Earlier

Leveled Reading, Guided Reading, Sight Words, Word Families, Beginning Reading Resources, etc. Most of this is free

• The Continuum of Literacy Learning, Grades K-8: Behaviors and Understandings to Notice, Teach, and Support  - Buy this book used for $4 - This will teach you how to do guided reading (Like All About Reading curriculum does - buy the book here if you want to do it for almost free and actually understand what you are teaching your child with guided reading.)
• Scholastic Reading Chart - Just a link to a chart to help you understand the reading levels.
• Reading A-Z - Hundreds of Leveled Readers online at reading a-z
• Open Source - Sight Word Resources
• Hubbard's Cupboard - Word Families - This is a great resource for all beginning reading content, but the work she does on word families is specifically special.
• What is Guided Reading
• Guided Reading - How to
• 100 Sights and Sounds by A Gentle Feast - a Charlotte Mason Reading Curriculum for 1st grade. (Or beginning readers) ($35-$50)
• 100 Lessons to Teach your Child to Read - 100 phonics lessons to be on a 2nd grade level. Complete curriculum in one book. ($13)
• Reading Eggs - Reading Games for early readers - There is also an app for your phone.
• All about reading - There is a pre reading program and 4 levels. This program makes guided reading simple. It costs.
• Sight Words Coach App - App that goes through sight words.
• Teach Your Monster To Read - Free app - If they're going to play on your phone they may as well be learning. This app is a favorite as it is fun and RG style, so you can earn and buy your monster new horns or eyes or clothing items.
• Read Me Stories App - Free app - collection of original digital storybooks. Kids can read on their own or be read to. Don't expect to find classic stories here.
• Explode the Code - Orton-Gillingham Certified Curriculum - (That means it is certified to teach dyslexic children to read! More about teaching dyslexia here) Phonological awareness, decoding, vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, and spelling. Now available on your iPad or favorite tablet device

 

Archived Readers for Children 

McGuffey Readers

• A History of the McGuffey Readers
• McGuffey's Eclectic Primer, Revised Edition by William Holmes McGuffey
• McGuffey's Spelling Book, Revised Edition by William Holmes McGuffey
• McGuffey's First Eclectic Reader, Revised Edition by William Holmes McGuffey
• McGuffey's Second Eclectic Reader, Revised Edition by William Holmes McGuffey
• McGuffey's Third Eclectic Reader, Revised Edition by William Holmes McGuffey
• McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader, Revised Edition by William Holmes McGuffey
• McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader, Revised Edition by William Holmes McGuffey

Treadwell Readers

• Primary Reading and Literature - A Manual for Teachers to Accompany the Primer, First and Second Readers
• Reading Literature - The Primer by Harriette Taylor Treadwell 
• Reading Literature - First Reader by Harriette Taylor Treadwell
• Reading Literature - Second Reader by Harriette Taylor Treadwell
• Reading Literature - Third Reader by Harriette Taylor Treadwell
• Reading Literature - Fourth Reader by Harriette Taylor Treadwell
• Reading Literature - Fifth Reader by Harriette Taylor Treadwell
• Reading Literature - Sixth Reader by Harriette Taylor Treadwell
• Reading Literature - Seventh Reader by Harriette Taylor Treadwell
• Reading Literature - Eighth Reader by Harriette Taylor Treadwell