Teaching reading is the responsibility of all teachers – but how? This is the book that highlights the critical skills regardless of age or curricula. It emphasizes the active view of reading, the critical nature of reading for purpose, starts from what the reader brings to the text, and acknowledges that reading tasks and purposes can be unique to content areas. Packed with great ideas, grounded in research, and written for the teacher who wants to increase their impact on their students to share the passion for learning.

Teaching reading and learning to read are enormously complex tasks. It certainly involves phonics, but so much more. Jennifer Serravallo does a masterful job of unpacking what is involved in becoming a proficient reader. Equally important, she provides remarkably clear and readable examples, with supporting detail, of how to teach those many essential competencies involved in reading instruction. It's one thing to talk about what needs to be done to create readers; it's quite another to actually show how it's done in the classroom. Clearly Jennifer Serravallo is a master of both! If you're interested in putting the science of reading into action, this book is for you.

We know that teaching reading is rocket science but aren’t always sure how to fly the ship. This is the instruction manual. It’s the guide you need to right the ship and ensure that students learn to read at high levels. You’ll find practical ideas and examples that help you maneuver the complex world of literacy learning with ease.

This book is packed with tools, tables, tips, and practical lesson structures that support predictability and teacher decision-making. With student engagement front and center, Jen shows us that we don’t have to choose between structured and responsive teaching. Kids need both!

Once in a generation a teacher’s teacher comes along and makes plain what adults can do to ensure children thrive. Jen is that teacher, and this book is required reading for all of us who believe every child can develop powerful literacies, and want a role to play in that development.