Teaching
the Brain to Read: Strategies for Improving Fluency,
Vocabulary and Comprehension
by Judy Willis, M.D., M.Ed.
At last, here's a book that extends brain-friendly teaching
practices to the teaching of reading, with specific
activities and lessons that ensure students learn the
reading process.
Reading is not a natural part of human development. Unlike
spoken language, reading does not follow from observation
and imitation of other people. The complexity of reading
requires multiple areas of the brain to operate together
through networks of neurons. This means there are many
potential brain dysfunctions that can interfere with
reading. In the book "Teaching the Brain to Read,"
neurologist, author, and middle school teacher Judy Willis
connects what educators do in the classroom to what happens
in the brain when students learn how to
read.