J. Richard Gentry

Learn the principles and practice of the Science of Reading. This bundle provides a comprehensive toolkit giving you all you need to maximize learning and understanding in literacy and reading. These books are research backed, activity based and student focused, covering topics including comprehension, phonics, and text selection. Shifting the Balance K-2 (9781625315106) Whether your students are just learning to read or building more advanced reading comprehensive skills, Shifting the Balance is designed to help teachers meet the instructional needs of K-2 students. Shifting the Balance Grades 3-5 (9781625315977) is focussed on best practices for the intermediate classroom with grades 3-5 teachers in mind. It’s accessible and practical with the aim of building a bridge between research and classroom practice. Brain Words (9781032753942) This updated and highly readable new edition presents reading research and theory in ways that can be understood and directly applied in teaching. Phonological Awareness (9781032880037) In this long-awaited second edition the authors present a wealth of phonological awareness activities directly tied to a three-tiered model. New elements include updated research with correlated strategies, New Phonics Connection activities, and online resources to help parents and caregivers reinforce phonological awareness at home. Using easy to apply Science of Reading based literary instruction, and blending best practice and the latest research, these books are ideal for teachers, educators, and parents.

"Gentry and Ouellette are cannonballing into the reading research pool, they're making waves, and these waves are moving the field of reading forward."—From the foreword by Mark Weakland, Super Spellers"In this second edition, the authors have written a practical and fascinating resource that helps connect the theory and research of the neurological reading circuitry to classroom practice."—Molly Ness, teacher educator, author, consultantA lot has changed since the original publication of Brain Words. The first edition was very much a call for change, and change has indeed happened! While the science of reading has made real and substantive change within education, there unfortunately remain too many misunderstandings and misinterpretations of what the science of reading is, and stubborn resistance to all it has to offer. Now more than ever it is vital that we work towards an understanding of the science of reading and what it has to say about teaching our students how to read.Written for beginning or seasoned teachers, homeschoolers, teacher educators, as well as parents who want to fully engage in their child’s literacy development, this updated and highly readable new edition presents brain science, reading research, and theory in ways that can be understood and directly applied in teaching, ultimately leading to efficacious science of reading based literacy instruction.Gentry and Ouellette show how an understanding of the science of reading can shape teaching to help make all students literate. Building on their science of reading based framework of “brain words”—dictionaries in the brain where students store and access word spelling, pronunciation, and meaning—the authors offer a wealth of information to transform your thinking and practice. They offer:an updated review of models of reading, developmental theory, and brain research that help explain the reading braina new exploration of how oral language provides the foundation for learning to read and write, and how elements of oral language directly contribute to literacy learning throughout the school yearsan evolving critique of classroom practices that aren't as effective as once believedexplicit guidance on how spelling can be used to teach the critical skill of word readinga deepened understanding of dyslexia through the lens of the science of readingWith the insights and strategies in Brain Words, you can meet your students where they are and ensure that more of them read well, think well, and write well.

Raise a Child Who Loves to Read How do kids really learn to read? And how can you encourage interest in reading and writing from the start? In Raising Confident Readers, based on the five phases of literacy development, Dr. J. Richard Gentry provides fun and easy ways to teach your child to read and write successfully. When it comes to language, the most critical brain growth happens in early childhood. Raising Confident Readers shows you how to activate and accelerate this capacity for learning: The key is to introduce the right activities at the right time. Whether your child is a baby or toddler, in preschool or kindergarten, or first or second grade, Dr. Gentry helps you identify your child's literacy phase and take the next steps to build writing, reading, and spelling skills. You'll discover: type="disc" How your child's brain learns to read- and why encouraging drawing and scribbling is as essential as reading aloud The best at-home activities to develop literacy early, naturally, and joyfully Recommended children's books for each phase Strategies for overcoming dyslexia, delayed reading, and other challenges Checklists and a milestones diary to celebrate your child's progressAs your child moves through the five phases, they'll soon be sounding out and spelling words correctly, reading chapter books independently, and writing creative stories on their own. Complete with samples of children's writing throughout, Raising Confident Readers is an essential resource to foster your child's lifelong love of reading.