Timothy Shanahan

Shanahan on Literacy

Literacy expert Timothy Shanahan shares best practices for teaching reading and writing. Dr. Shanahan is an internationally recognized professor of urban education and reading researcher who has extensive experience with children in inner-city schools and children with special needs. All posts are reprinted with permission from Shanahan on Literacy (opens in a new window).

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First grader at board reading 3-letter words for teacher

Shanahan on Literacy

Should We Build a (Word) Wall or Not?

Diverse group of kids learning about bees and honey in elementary classroom

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Does Close Reading Reject the Science of Reading?

First grader at board reading 3-letter words for teacher

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On Eating Elephants and Teaching Syllabication

Elementary student in class thinking pensively about the lesson

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Why Your Students May Not Be Learning to Comprehend

Diverse group of kids learning about bees and honey in elementary classroom

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What does the Easter Bunny have in common with the independent reading level?

First grader at board reading 3-letter words for teacher

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Letter names or sounds first?… you might be surprised by the answer

Diverse group of kids learning about bees and honey in elementary classroom

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Why doesn’t increasing knowledge improve reading achievement?

Diverse group of kids learning about bees and honey in elementary classroom

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Should we use narrative texts to teach science, math, and social studies?

Young girl in striped short reading a book next to a cat

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What Kind of Early Reading Intervention Should We Provide?

Elementary boy in yellow plaid shirt taking a test

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Should We Alter the Reading Benchmarks Because of the Pandemic?

kindergarten teacher helping students make the sounds in words

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Letters in Phonemic Awareness Instruction or the Reciprocal Nature of Learning to Read

Young girl in striped short reading a book next to a cat

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Why We Need to Teach Sentence Comprehension

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