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Reading Resources

The Today Foundation has gathered together a collection of reading resources that support parents, policymakers, curriculum developers, school administrators, and others. Our hope is to be a supporter in kids learning to read. We hope these reading resources, and books provide the information you need. With the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act and other developments, the education community is routinely using research to guide decisions about reading instruction.

	Learning Disabilities: From Identification to Intervention by Jack M. Fletcher Ph.D., G. Reid Lyon Ph.D., Lynn S. Fuchs Ph.D., and Marcia A. Barnes Ph.D. Review this book at Amazon.com
	Why Kids Can't Read: Challenging the Status Quo in Education by Phyllis Blaunstein and Reid Lyon Review this book at Amazon.com Content includes: The Crisis in Our Classrooms Armed With the Facts: The Science of Reading and Its Implications for Teaching I Could Not Read Until I Was 30 Years Old A Parent’s Journey A Parents’ Pressure Cooker When a Whole State Fails to Measure Up Pulling Back the Curtain Successfully Working with the Media Tools for Parents ... and much more.
	Speech to Print: Language Essentials for Teachers By Louisa Cook Moats Review this book at Amazon.com Why should teachers study language? Because knowledge of language is the foundation for teaching children to read explicitly and systematically.
	Multisensory Teaching of Basic Language Skills Activity Book By Suzanne Carreker Review this book at Amazon.com
	Overcoming Dyslexia: A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems at Any Level By Sally Shaywitz M.D Review this book at Amazon.com
	Parenting a Struggling Reader By Susan Hall and Louisa Moats Review this book at Amazon.com "This mother who wrote us expressed her frustration that children who are bright, eager, and well loved may find reading difficult..."
	Straight Talk About Reading: How Parents Can Make a Difference During the Early Years By Louisa C. Moats Ed.D., Susan L. Hall, and G. Reid Lyon Ph.D. Review this book at Amazon.com
	Annual Growth for All Students; Catch-up Growth for Those Who Are Behind By Lynn Fielding, Nancy Kerr, and Paul Rosier Review this book at Amazon.com This is a description of the experience of elementary schools in Kennewick, Washington as they successfully worked toward the goal of having over 90% of their students at grade level in reading by the end of third grade. It contains many good ideas that would be generalizable to other schools and districts.
	Teaching All Students to Read in Elementary School: A Guide for Principals [K-3] By Joseph Torgesen, Debra Houston, Lila Rissman, and Marcia Kosanovich Review this book at CenterOnInstruction.org
	Improving Literacy Instruction in Middle and High Schools: A Guide for Principals [6-12] By Joseph Torgesen, Debra Houston, and Lila Rissman Review this book at CenterOnInstruction.org
	Making Sense of Phonics: The Hows and Whys (Solving Problems in the Teaching of Literacy) By Isabel L. Beck Ph.D. Review this book at Amazon.com
	Bringing Words to Life: Robust Vocabulary Instruction By Isabel L. Beck Ph.D., Margaret G. McKeown Ph.D., and Linda Kucan Ph.D. Review this book at Amazon.com
	Vocabulary Handbook (Core Literacy Library) By Linda Diamond and Linda Gutlohn Review this book at Amazon.com
	Comprehension Process Instruction: Creating Reading Success in Grades K-3 (Solving Problems in the Teaching of Literacy) By Cathy Collins Block, Lori L. Rodgers, and Rebecca B. Johnson Review this book at Amazon.com