A Quicker Climb Up the Literacy Mountain: Why Rigor and Efficiency Matter in Early Reading

As an early literacy coach, Leah Ruesink knows first-hand how beneficial rigor and efficiency are when helping students become independent readers and writers. What this actually looks like in practice, however, involves very nuanced instructional decisions for individual students. “While phonics instruction is typically organized across a K-2 scope and sequence, students who miss or only partially master early skills often carry those gaps forward. By third or fourth grade, these unresolved gaps can block access to grade-level text,” she explains. In this piece for eSchool News, Ruesink urges educators not to wait for students to figure out reading on their own, and she lays out what a brain-based approach to accelerate literacy development looks like.
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