The Science of Reading for Tomorrow's Teachers
Prepare confident, effective reading teachers with Reach All Readers
- Clear and comprehensive - complex concepts explained in an accessible way
- Research-based strategies that bridge theory and practice
- Perfect for methods courses and literacy instruction classes
- Shows pre-service teachers exactly how to implement the science of reading
- Includes access to 30 classroom demonstration videos when adopted as a course text
Browse the Table of Contents
Chapter 1: THE BIG PICTURE
- The whole word method
- Why Johnny Can't Read
- Jeanne Chall's research
- Whole language
- The report of the National Reading Panel
- Balanced literacy's beginnings
- Emily Hanford's reporting
- Scientifically-based research
- The Simple View of Reading
- Scarborough's Reading Rope
- How the brain learns to read
- How we learn words
Chapter 2: THE SCIENCE OF LEARNING
- What's memory got to do with it?
- Explicit instruction
- How to ensure your students remember what you teach
Chapter 3: ORAL LANGUAGE
- The five domains of oral language
- Oral language routines
- Make your classroom language-rich
Chapter 4: PHONEMIC AWARENESS
- Phonological awareness
- Phonemic awareness: An overview
- Teaching phonemic awareness
Chapter 5: PHONICS
- Code emphasis versus meaning emphasis
- Types of phonics instruction
- Guidelines for effective phonics instruction
- The debate between print-to-speech and speech-to-print
CHAPTER 6: FLUENCY
- The components of fluency
- Fluency and comprehension
- Developing automaticity at the letter and word level
- Developing fluency at the text level
Chapter 7: VOCABULARY
- How to decide which words to teach: The three word tiers
- Teaching individual Tier 2 words
- Teaching word-learning strategies
Chapter 8: COMPREHENSION
- What is comprehension?
- Teaching sentence comprehension
- Reading comprehension strategies
- Putting it all together
Chapter 9: LINKING READING & WRITING
- Teach handwriting
- Teach spelling
- Teach students to write about what they read
- Teach students that sentences contain a "who" and a "do"
- Teach students to expand simple sentences
- Teach students to combine sentences
- Teach students to connect sentences
- Teach students to write paragraphs
- Other ways to respond to text in writing
Chapter 10: DYSLEXIA
- What is dyslexia?
- Help for dyslexia
Chapter 11: USING MTSS TO REACH ALL READERS
- Multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS)
- Delivering Tier 1 instruction
- Designing your daily schedule
Glossary
Index
Get Access to Classroom Demonstration Videos
When you adopt Reach All Readers as your course text, you will get access to over 30 exemplar videos of classroom instruction!
- Interactive read-alouds
- Phonemic awareness lessons
- Blending practice
- Phonics lessons
- Strategies for reading multi-syllable words
- Spelling dictation routine
- Reading decodable text
- Comprehension strategies
- Teaching new vocabulary
... and a lot more!
Read the Endorsements
"Anna Geiger has managed, with this book, to fill a special gap in the reading instruction library. She has written both from the heart and from a critical, open mind, of her painful but illuminating discoveries about the reading process and how best to support children on their reading journeys. Educators will feel safe, challenged, and informed in equal measure."
―Pamela Snow, PhD, MAPS Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Co-Director, Science of Language and Reading (SOLAR) Lab, La Trobe University, Australia
“Reach All Readers is a gift for elementary teachers―and their students! Anna Geiger deftly packs the what, why, and how of the science of reading into one user-friendly, empowering book that you'll keep coming back to again and again."
―Kate Winn, Teacher & Host of IDA Ontario's Reading Road Trip Podcast
“We’ve long needed Reach All Readers, a book on effective reading instruction written for teachers, by a teacher. Anna presents what she’s learned about the science of reading and instruction in an accessible and useful text. You’ll want to read it cover-to-cover, discuss chapters with colleagues, and hang on to it as a reference book.”
―Margaret Goldberg, Co-founder of The Right to Read Project
"Anna has been able to capture the complexities of implementing the science of reading and make it seem simple and tangible to any educator who wants to make a difference in the lives of their students. This will make a perfect book study text for schools and teachers across the country."
―Brent Conway, Assistant Superintendent, Pentucket Regional School District
“Anna’s clear and concise writing makes complex topics easy to understand. Packed with valuable info, her book is a go-to resource for elementary teachers and deserves a spot on your bookshelf.”
―Lindsay Kemeny, author of 7 Mighty Moves: Research-Backed, Classroom-Tested Strategies to Ensure K-to-3 Reading Success
Video review by Dr. Stephanie Stollar
Creator of Reading Science Academy
Adjunct Professor at Mount St. Joseph University
Meet the Author
Anna Geiger, M.Ed., has classroom experience from first through fifth grade. After earning her Master's degree in Curriculum & Instruction, she began caring for her children at home. Now Anna serves educators through her website, The Measured Mom, where she shares hands-on lessons, thoughtful articles, and printable resources.
Anna is Orton-Gillingham certified and has a Reading Science graduate certificate from Mount St. Joseph University.
She hosts a weekly podcast called Triple R Teaching, and she provides thousands of resources to members of her membership site for PreK-3rd grade educators.
Aligned with the Knowledge
& Practice Standards
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