Professional Development
- Study Guide for Building Vocabulary with Greek and Latin Roots, (2nd Edition)-Tim Rasinski, Nancy Padak, Rick M. Newton, Evangeline Newton
- Tim Rasinski’s Handouts for Professional Development: From Phonics to Fluency to Proficient Reading
- Building Vocabulary Professional Development Video
- Tools to Teach Academic Vocabulary Webinar
Research
- Building Vocabulary Pilot Research Report
- The Latin-Greek Connection Building Vocabulary through Morphological Study
- Building Vocabulary White Paper
- Building Vocabulary Frequently Asked Questions
Articles
- A Little Latin and a Whole Lot of English
- Building Vocabulary in Summer School
- The Art and Science of Teaching Reading
- Fast Start - The Effects of Fast Start Reading
- Fast Start - Getting Parents and Children Off to a Strong Start in Reading
- Fast Start - A 3-Year Study of a School-Based Parental Involvement Program in Early Literacy
- Impact of Short-Term Intense Fluency Instruction on Students’ Reading Achievement: A Classroom-based, Teacher-Initiated Research Study.
- Who Wants to Be a (Reading) Millionaire?
- Making and Writing Words
- Why Reading Fluency Should be Hot
- What's The Perfect Text for Struggling Readers? Try Poetry!
- The Latin-Greek Connection: Building Vocabulary through Morphological Study
- Let's Bring Back the Magic of Song for Teaching Reading
- Can Latin Help Younger Students Build Vocabulary?
- A Focus on Fluency: How one teacher incorporated fluency with her reading curriculum
- Building Fluency through the Phrased Text Lesson
- Delivering Supportive Fluency Instruction - Especially for Students Who Struggle
- Word Harvesting: Using Authentic Literature as the Source for Vocabulary Learning
- Readers Who Struggle: Why Many Struggle and a Modest Proposal for Improving Their Reading
- Educational Leadership - The Roots of Comprehension
Useful Materials
- 8 Rung Word Ladder Template
- 10 Rung Word Ladder Template
- Concept Map
- Nursery Rhyme Book - My Book of Mother Goose Rhymes
- Songbook: America: Home of the Brave, Land of the Free!
- Songbook: Old Familiar Love Songs for Valentine's Day
- Songbook: Holiday Song Book
- Songbook: Songs for Spring, including Easter and St. Patrick's Day
- Songbook: The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
- Readers Theater: The Kite
- Readers Theater: Effective Teaching of Reading: From Phonics to Fluency to Proficient Reading
- Building Vocabulary - Word Families and Word Roots list
- Dr. Edward Fry's Instant Word List (High Frequency Words)
- Dr. Edward Fry's Instant Phrases
- Making and Writing Words Form Gr. 1-2
- Making and Writing Words Form Gr. 3+ above
- Multidimensional Fluency Rubric Chart
- Word Ladders Activity Sheet Gr. 1-6
- Word Game: Wordo