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Teaching Reading and Writing
Landmark Learns is a series of educational workshops, presentations, and other resources for parents, guardians, and champions of struggling learners.
Best Practices for Teaching Reading and Writing:
Landmark Experts Weigh In
This panel discussion took place on January 24, 2023.
Resources from the Presentation
Host:
Adam Hickey, Research Coordinator/Outreach Lead Faculty
Landmark School Panelists:
Meghan Sebens, Elementary•Middle School Academic Dean
Janet Parady, High School Language Arts Dept Head
Geoff Russell, Elementary•Middle School Co-Language Arts Department Head
Christine Barrett, High School Literacy Tutorial Department Head
Beth Dietze, Elementary•Middle School Reading Supervisor and Testing Coordinator
Presentation Recording
Other Resources
- Reader Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World, Maryanne Wolf and Catherine J. Stoodley
Publication about fostering critical thinking, empathy, and reflection given our dependence on digital technologies. - Distracted Reading in the Digital Age, Elizabeth Randolph
Online article analyzing how multitasking is affecting learning. - Writing to Read: Evidence for How Writing Can Improve Reading, Steve Graham and Michael Hebert
Downloadable book identifying instructional practices for improving reading. - What is Structured Literacy, Kim Greene, Understood.org
Online article that serves as a primer on what structured literacy is and why it’s important. - Resources from Louisa Moats, Ph.D., Reading Rockets
Online resources on a variety of topics including alphabetic principles, letters vs. phonemes, and spelling. - Resources from Dr. Julie Washington, Reading Rockets
Online resources on key literacy themes including parent read-alouds and the speaking/reading connection. - Podclassed: Digging Deeper Into Elements of Structured Literacy with William Van Cleave
Podcast episode discussing insights, research, and instructional considerations for teaching syntax, handwriting, the writing process, morphology, and more.
