A summary of Richard Allington's work, from Educational Leadership, March 2012.

Every Child, Every Day: Six Elements of Effective Reading Instruction.

1.) Every child, everyday, reads something they have chosen themselves.

2.) Every child reads accurately. Research shows that reading at 98% or higher accuracy is essential for reading acceleration.

3.) Every child reads something they understand. This takes a lot of reading and rereading of text that students find engaging.

4.) Every child writes about something personally meaningful. When they write about something they care about, they use conventions of spelling and grammar because it matters that their ideas are communicated.

5.) Every child talks with their peers about reading and writing. Research has demonstrated that conversation with peers improves comprehension and engagement with text.

6.) Every child listens to a fluent adult reader read aloud. This increases students' own fluency and comprehension skills, expands vocabulary, background knowledge, awareness of genre, and text structure.