Doug Lemov's field notes

Reflections on teaching, literacy, coaching, and practice.

05.21.25 Ben Katcher: Exam Review & Partner Retrieval Practice

  Ben Katcher was a Teach Like A Champion Fellow from 2023-24. For his final project, he focused on developing a knowledge-rich AP US History curriculum. Ben discussed knowledge organizers with Doug on the Sweat the Technique podcast (here). Sign up for his free newsletter about how to apply the science of learning in the classroom…


05.19.25 A Beautiful Example of FASE Reading from Jessica Sliman’s Classroom

I’m really excited to share our newest video clip–a great example of of one of the most important techniques in the TLAC library, FASE Reading. FASE Reading is a technique that supports student fluency and engagement in reading, topics we discuss extensively in the forthcoming TLAC Guide to the Science of Reading. The clip comes to…


05.13.25 Coming Soon: Knowledge-Rich, Book-Centered High School Reading Curriculum

  As many readers probably know, we have written and published a middle school reading curriculum built around the science of reading. And now we’re writing a high school curriculum as well! We think this is a hugely important project.  There’s very little high-quality curriculum out there for high school English teachers that supports them with…


04.21.25 Steve Kuninsky On Using (FASE) Reading in Science

Steve Kuninsky is one of our twelve Cohort 3 Teach Like a Champion Fellows. His cohort began working with our team in December 2022 and just presented their final projects in January. Steve’s final project explored the use of FASE Reading in high school Chemistry at the Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology. If you…