by Sarah Engstrom, Associate Director of Curriculum and School Support at TLAC Reading research identifies a lack of fluency as a significant and pervasive barrier to comprehension—at all grade levels. Reading aloud regularly is the single most effective way to improve fluency. Reading aloud with students is also social—it brings the text to life and allows…

by Erica Woolway At a workshop in Fayette County, GA today, I had the pleasure of showing several rockstar teachers (BreOnna Tindall in Denver, Jaime Johnson in Gwinett, Christine Torres in Massachusetts) work their magic with our Reading Reconsidered Curriculum and I was reminded once again by what a gift it is for teachers and students…

TLAC is excited to share our newest Plug and Plays that were authored, along with this blog post, by our colleague Alonte Johnson-James. The biggest barrier to students’ comprehension is often word knowledge or vocabulary. The biggest barrier to teachers’ abilities to support students is often understanding the best approach(es) to use in helping students to…