Literacy News - February 2025

Please join us for an hour with Dr. Timothy Rasinski.

Click HERE to register.

Science is leading us away from memorization of spelling words and suggests that we, instead, teach spelling explicitly.  Click above to read why we need spelling in this article from psychologytoday.com.

When teaching spelling, it is so important that we learn the spelling rules.  From the logicofenglish.com click HERE to access their list of 31 rules.  

AI Text Generator that Aligns with 

UFLI, CLKA (K-2) and More

Do you use UFLI or CKLA? Click above to sign up for this free text generator and create even more decodable stories for your students to use as reading practice.  

Mark your calendars for our July 17th Summer Institute.  You won't want to miss this year's lineup of speakers!  For more information click NSLA Summer Institute 2025.pdf.  Registration will begin March 1st.  

Click above for more information and to register for this event.  Cost is $29 for ILA members and $69 for non-members (includes a membership).  

Click above to access this wonderful resource to share with parents, or if you're a parent, a resource that can help you help your child while they are learning to read.  

The Importance of Oral Language

Oral language is critical in literacy development.  The more we talk and read with our children, the more vocabulary they will hear and use.  This will also help them as they develop their reading ability.  Hear from Jennifer Hasser at Kendore Learning on the importance of developing oral language in children.  

Click HERE to access this article and short video

The Board Reads

Those of us on the NSLA Board of Directors are passionate about literacy. We are always trying to further educate ourselves on evidence-based ways of teaching reading in an effort to stay up-to-date on the latest research and methods so we can share this information with you. Here is a list of what we have been reading.

Artfully Teaching the Science of Reading by Chase Young, David Paige, & Timothy Rasinski

Arise: The Art of Transformational Coaching by Elena Aguilar

Dyslexia: Revisiting Etiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Poicy by Julie Washington, Donald Compton, & Peggy McCardle

Harnessing the Science of Learning by Nathaniel Swain, Ph.D

Know Better Do Better Comprehension by David & Meredith Liben

Talk Read Talk Write by Nancy Motley

Teaching Struggling and At-Risk Readers: A Direct Instruction Approach by Douglas Carnine, Jerry Silbert, & Edward Kame'enui