For the Love of Literacy Podcast: Freddy Shares Insights on Supporting Reading Automaticity
Freddy joins hosts Bruce Hallett and David Ray on the podcast For the Love of Literacy to discuss how we can guide students to reading fluency with intentional, scaffolded texts and networks of words rather than vocabulary lists. read more
Beyond Reading “Level”: How Small Differences in Vocabulary Demands Affect Reading Success
Two new studies suggest an important shift in thinking about beginning reading instruction. “Reading level” alone does not tell us enough about how difficult a text will be for students. The familiarity, frequency, and spelling patterns matter greatly. read more
Presenting Multisyllabic Strategies for Adolescent Readers
As students move into middle and high school, challenges with multisyllabic words come to the fore. Freddy asks how corpus linguistics could pinpoint the multisyllabic words most worth teaching. read more
