Read About Scarborough's Reading Rope created by Dr. Hollis Scarborough in 2001 to explain the complex process of learning to read.
Reading Rope deconstructed webinar AIM Institute for Learning and Research (you will have to enter identifying information to access for free).
Articles
Inside the Massive Effort to Change the Way Kids are Taught to Read, Belinda Luscombe, Time
States are pushing to change reading instruction but old practices prove hard to shake, Sarah Schwartz, Edweek
Hard Words, Why Aren’t Kids Being Taught to Read, Emily Hanford, APM Reports
New Study Aims to Understand Skills Associated with Early Word Reading, Florida Center For Reading Research (FCRR)
The Science of Reading by Sound, Marnie Ginsberg, Phonics Hero
Begin to Read: Literacy Statistics
Vulnerable Students Need Explicit Spelling Instruction J. Richard Gentry Ph.D., Psychology Today
Seeing the Good in Balanced Literacy... and Moving On, The Right to Read Project
Learn more about Word Inquiry Techniques, wordtorque.com
Microcomprehension, Amplify
The Science of Reading: A Defining Guide, The Reading League
Print-to-Speech and Speech-to-Print: Mapping Early Literacy Reading Rockets (The Reading Peaceniks)
Blogs
The Science of Reading by Sound, A Blog post by Marnie Ginsberg on Phonicshero.com
Best Decodable Reader of 2022, From the Literacy Learn Blog
What Teacher’s Need to Know About Sentence Comprehension, Shanahan on Literacy Blog
Information and Tips for setting up a sound wall and Heart Words, Miss Winter's Bliss blog
W/Wh Wine/Whine merger, Cracking the abc code blog
Making Kids read Faster is NOT the goal of fluency Instruction: Making Meaning is, The Robb Review Blog
The Cost of Reading Failure, Education Consumers Foundation - calculator
Sight Words: A Cognitive Approach, OG Mama
Print to Speech and Speech to Print: What's the Difference, PhonicsBooksUK
Youtube/webinars
Dr. Carol Tolman's YouTube channel (co-creator of the LETRS training program)
Leaders & Learning, How to transform a book room to align with science of Reading
The Dyslexia Paradox Nadine Gaab
Daniel Willingham: Teaching Content is Teaching Reading
Using Decodables and Leveled Text Readsters
Wiley Blevins: Choosing and Using Decodable Texts
Word Chains for Encoding and Decoding UFLI
How to Teach Reading and Spelling with SoR (Slides to go with presentation)
Websites and Podcasts
Amplify - Access to an excellent SOR podcast with many literacy leaders and great resources in the episode notes, SOR resource site, and a SOR webinar
Reading Rockets - Numerous resources including links to articles and blogs, as well as teaching resources and videos.
International Dyslexia Associating (IDA) - Information on Dyslexia, professional development opportunities, and other resources
The Knowledge Matters Campaign articles, videos, and webinars for understanding the importance of background knowledge to literacy and learning