Cumulative tales build the way a snowball does: they get bigger as each new point in the tale passes to add another layer to the whole. Items (and sometimes people) are collected as the story moves al...

The research on the positive impact of instruction in the areas of fluency, decoding, phonemic awareness, vocabulary and comprehension is well established. The research on the positive impact of teach...

Librarians emerge as first responders in the fight for democracy and our First Amendment Rights.

Find out why Amanda Jones is on this year’s list

by Catherine Compton-Lilly

The U.S. Department of Education expressed its love of librarians. It was not well received.

By Hannah Schneewind and Dr. Jennifer Scoggin Recently, we sat next to a kindergartener as she read a book about all the animals that a boy sees in a pond. At the beginning of the book, she giggled…

I do my best to try to find joy in all parts of the school.

Incorporating a reading program in English classes enhances language skills, improving vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. It fosters critical thinking and empathy through diverse narratives, aidi...

Jess Carey and Sarah Valter, Two Writing Teachers Co-Authors, join Stacey to unpack the transformative insights from the 2024 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Annual Convention, diving d...

CCIRA empowers literacy educators. We offer timely and research based professional learning. Be sure to join our annual conference in February!

Foundational skills include fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. In order for students to stay motivated and to transfer skills to independence, they need time to read, explicit instruction as they ...

A student’s sense of reading identity, their level of engagement while reading, and their motivation to read, all impact how they relate to reading instruction and their ability to transfer that instr...

In a world where digital literacy is evolving at breakneck speed, are we preparing our students for the writing challenges of tomorrow? Discover how infographics can transform your students into active content creators, equipping them with the skills they need in a rapidly changing digital landscape.

A strong research base exists for the importance of motivation in learning, but that research is too often neglected in science of reading programs. Ms. Rodriguez gets her 1st graders’ attention and g...

Panel discussion by Dr. Barbara Flores, Dr. Edgar Lampkin, Dr. Jill Kerper Mora, and Dr. Esteban Díaz