March 9, 2021
Read-Alouds That Inspire
Elfrieda H. Hiebert
As students return to school, there’s been pressure from parents, administrators, and others to make up for what students may have missed during their absence from the classroom. Everyone is anxious that students get back on track. But what about the sRead More »Read-Alouds That Inspire
January 25, 2021
Results May Vary: Do First-Grade Reading Curriculum and Instruction Need to Be Adapted?
Elfrieda H. Hiebert & Alia Pugh
Beginning readers have different levels of proficiency, but many may follow a similar path as they learn new words and orthographic patterns. This may not be the case for those with the lowest levels of ability, so curriculum and instruction should take into account the needs of those who depend most on their in-school literacy experiences.
January 5, 2021
Feature Presentation: How Familiarity and Concreteness Can Help Beginning Readers Learn New Words
Elfrieda H. Hiebert
Teachers can help beginning readers master more than half of the 2,500 most frequently occurring word families by focusing on words they have already acquired in oral language and words with high concreteness ratings.
November 18, 2020
What is the Best Way to Teach Vocabulary?
Elfrieda H. Hiebert
With over 600,000 words in written English, which ones should English Language Arts teachers teach, and how?
August 13, 2020
Teaching Networks of Words
Elfrieda H. Hiebert
Students have trouble learning and retaining lists of unconnected words. Teaching words in networks helps students form connections among the words, bolstering their understanding.
July 16, 2020
Getting Back to the Page & Staying There
Elfrieda H. Hiebert
Reading is all about knowledge; it’s not just for practice.
January 28, 2020
Bad with Names: Why Proper Names Deserve Instructional Attention
Alia Pugh and Elfrieda H. Hiebert
Rare words typically make up only 5% or less of the total words in texts, but it’s often these words that get students anxious about reading.
January 21, 2020
A Whole New World of Vocabulary Instruction
Elfrieda H. Hiebert and Alia Pugh
Words are not only a means of communicating, but a foundation of learning.
January 15, 2020
Not All Rare Words Are Sesquipedalian!
Alia Pugh and Elfrieda H. Hiebert
A small part of the English vocabulary accounts for the majority of the words in the texts students read across the grades – but some of the words may surprise you.
November 27, 2018
What Does It Mean To Be A Digitally Literate Scholar?
Elfrieda H. Hiebert
Some thoughts for Literacy Research Association session: Opening up the ivory tower: Examining the elements of open, digitally engaged scholarship (November 28, 2018, Indian Wells, CA)