Learn how oral language skills influence language comprehension and impact other key areas of literacy.

Reading intervention plays a critical role in promoting literacy by targeting gaps in struggling students’ reading skills, tailoring instruction to meet their needs, and monitoring their progress.

Many educators aren’t sure what evidence-based actually means and how it differs from another common term, research-based. We have the answer!

By following this educator guide for the phonological awareness continuum, teachers can build the foundation for early literacy success in their classrooms.

The Orton-Gillingham approach provides an evidence-based roadmap for Structured Literacy instruction, ensuring all students develop strong literacy skills. Find out how scope and sequence work together to guide individualized, systematic instruction that builds mastery and confidence in every learner.

Phonics assessments help educators identify gaps in foundational reading skills and tailor instruction to meet student needs. Learn how these tools support early literacy, guide data-driven teaching, and play a crucial role in ensuring every child becomes a confident, capable…

Phonemic awareness, the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate the individual sounds in spoken words, is an essential component of early reading success. Discover why this foundational skill is critical for all students and explore practical ways to strengthen phonemic…

Learning letters is foundational to literacy education. This article explains how letters are taught using the Orton-Gillingham approach so that all students, regardless of ability, can learn how to read.

Phonological awareness is the understanding that language can be broken down into smaller units and then manipulated. It plays a critical role in literacy acquisition. Read on to learn more about phonological awareness, why it matters and how it can…

Learn about a new children’s book that delivers an inspiring and unique approach to understanding dyslexia, helping struggling young readers feel seen.

Studies show that 95% of students can learn to read when taught with a Structured Literacy curriculum.

Structured Literacy is based on the science of reading – a proven approach to teaching students at every level how to read.

Understand the differences between Structured Literacy and Balanced Literacy to set every student up for reading success.

Structured Literacy teaches components of reading and literacy that are essential for students at all tiers to learn how to read.

As students practice and apply their decoding skills and learn new red words, their recognition of patterns, positions, and rules will boost their sight word reading.

In 2016, the International Dyslexia Association coined the term Structured Literacy as a category for evidence-based approaches of explicit instruction, such as Orton-Gillingham, synthetic phonics, phonics-based reading instruction, and systematic reading instruction.

Our Commitment to Evidence-Based Reading Instruction: Aligning Instruction with the Science of Reading Using Structured Literacy

Over decades, by examining factors such as phonological awareness, decoding skills, vocabulary acquisition, and comprehension strategies, interdisciplinary researchers have tried to identify exactly what separates proficient and struggling readers. The results of their efforts are collected in a body of…

In literacy, oral language development stands as the cornerstone upon which proficient reading skills are built. Oral language development refers to the development of the skills needed to properly listen, speak, and comprehend spoken words.

Comprehension is the very impetus that compels us to read.

Vocabulary is pivotal to reading success.

Fluency in early literacy refers to a child’s capacity to read text accurately, quickly, and smoothly while conveying meaning effectively.

Phonics is the understanding that letters make sounds and that those sounds can be combined to form words

Phonological awareness is the ability to hear and manipulate sounds in words, and it’s a key skill for learning to read.

This six-part blog series will dive deep into each essential component of literacy instruction.