Reading instruction that works: the case for balanced teaching

Introduction

Whole language

Skilled reading

Children who experience problems in learning to read

Before reading instruction begins

Learning to recognize words

Expert primary-level teaching of literacy is balanced teaching / with Ruth Wharton-McDonald and Jennifer Mistretta Hampston

The need for increased comprehension instruction / with Ruth Wharton-McDonald

Motivation and literacy

Concluding reflections ... for the time being.