I just finished reading a book by Judy Willis entitled Teaching the Brain to Read: Strategies for Improving Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension. I highly recommend it for teachers and parents interested in how reading is learned and how we build meaning and gain comprehension. Find out more at ASCD.org.

OK. So your child is past the ‘decoding’ phase of learning to read. He can sound out words and get through some books. What comes next? We’re creating a resource for parents of 2nd – 6th graders. The goal is to help them assist their children in the less obvious but important processes of reading comprehension – [...]