Reading a picture book aloud from her armchair, 20 children gathered on the rug at her feet, kindergarten teacher Jamie Landahl is carrying on a practice that’s been a cornerstone of early-literacy ...

Continuing our series on Read Alouds That Rock, we asked a number of literacy experts to share their strategies for integrating nonfiction storytimes in their work with young readers. Click here to ...

Students will practice reading and analyzing poetry. In this lesson students will practice reading and analyzing poetry with Mrs. Wright and enjoy a read aloud of the book Under the Snow written by ...

Every parent aspires to raise a child who chooses to read — one with a broad literary appetite, who eagerly shares, discusses, and debates what they read. They imagine a child who writes, journals ...

The night before a safer-at-home order was issued in her Wisconsin town, all Pernille Ripp could think about was getting to her books. When her middle school opened for a few minutes the next day, the ...

I almost didn’t recognize her. With flat-ironed hair and makeup, Madeline did not look like the gangly sixth grader with frizzy red hair who I remembered from my class four years ago. “Hi Mrs. Miller, ...