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 You Have to Teach Them to be Disfluent Readers

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The Six Goals of an Ideal Vocabulary Curriculum

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Planning Lessons with Complex Text

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Literacy at Home: Advice for the Confined

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What About Tracing and Other Multisensory Teaching Approaches?

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That Hypocrite Shanahan — Cueing Systems vs. Context Analysis

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Should We Be Using Words Correct Per Minute?

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How can I teach RAN to improve my students’ reading?

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A Gallimaufry of Literacy Questions and Answers

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Teaching My Daughters to Read. Part IV: Success

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Teaching My Daughters to Read. Part III: Phonics

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Teaching My Daughters to Read. Part II: Print Awareness

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