Science of Reading

Understand how early reading fluency benchmarks actually work and when to act on them.

Decoding high-frequency words works better than memorization in science-of-reading classrooms.

Teaching sounds in the right order prevents reading struggles that compound year after year.

Early readers need explicit phonics practice through decodable books before moving to other texts.

Teaching the six components of reading explicitly, systematically, and from the start works.

How to choose reading apps that actually match the science.

Teaching phonics and phonemic awareness together works better than teaching them separately.