Fifty Strategies to Ensure K–6 Literacy Success: Aligning Instruction to the Five Pillars of Reading (Fifty evidence-based instructional strategies to support K–6 literacy success) - Softcover
Synopsis
Ensure literacy success for all K–6 students with 50 evidence-based instructional strategies aligned to the five pillars of reading—phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. In this timely and comprehensive resource for teachers, coaches, and principals, Dr. Kimberly Tyson includes strategies for struggling readers and English learners, key vocabulary, 10 online bonus strategies, and the “Leader’s Lens” to support principals.
K–6 teachers, coaches, and leaders can use the resources in this book to:
- Create a common language around the science of reading and the five pillars through the key vocabulary provided in each chapter
- Establish a literacy-rich classroom environment to support teaching and literacy learning
- Access 50 use-tomorrow instructional strategies for phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension
- Use the “Leader’s Lens” to provide supervision supports and classroom connections as principals lead and guide teachers
- Explore templates, key vocabulary, suggested professional resources, reproducibles, and 10 online bonus strategies
Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Literacy Landscape
Chapter 2: Phonemic Awareness—Building a Sound Foundation
Chapter 3: Phonics—Making the Sound–Symbol Match
Chapter 4: Fluency—Growing Fluent Readers
Chapter 5: Vocabulary—Word Learning Matters
Chapter 6: Comprehension—The Heart of Reading
Epilogue
Appendix
References and Resources
Index
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About the Author
Kimberly A. Tyson, PhD (a.k.a. “Dr. Kimberly”) has served as a classroom teacher, college administrator and instructor, reading clinician, and literacy consultant across the United States in classrooms ranging from preschool to grade 12. When teaching elementary students and serving in clinical settings, she became keenly interested in how children learn to read—and, in particular, strategies that support emerging readers and struggling readers. She honed that interest when working with striving, struggling, and illiterate adults in reading clinics.
Dr. Tyson contributes literacy insights at Dr. Kimberly’s Literacy Blog (drkimberlytyson.com). She has written classroom curriculum and language arts sections of standardized assessments and chaired the Elementary Reading National Evaluation Preparation Committee for Pearson Education. Additionally, she is the past president of several professional organizations and actively participates in contributing to the profession.
Over the years, she has joined with teachers, principals, and administrators to improve literacy in readers of all ages. Through The Literacy Lens AuditŪ, a research-based literacy audit she developed, Dr. Tyson guided literacy leaders in assessing and improving curriculum, instruction, environment, and student achievement across schools and districts. Dr. Tyson has also worked with educational organizations, such as the I-READ Department of Education literacy improvement program, and educational service centers. She has also supported statewide literacy initiatives.
She discovered her love of word learning and vocabulary when working with middle and high school students in several initiatives within Kansas City Public Schools. Since then, vocabulary improvement has been the focus of much of her work and is captured in Blended Vocabulary for K–12 Classrooms: Harnessing the Power of Digital Tools and Direct Instruction. Dr. Tyson earned her doctorate from the University of Missouri–Kansas City.
To learn more about Dr. Tyson’s work, visit kimberlytyson.com or follow @tysonkimberly on X.
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