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Nell K. Duke
Effective Practices
1. Build from birth
2. Grow vocabulary
3. Lead discussions that promote student talk and comprehension
4. Give read-alouds a central role
5. Foster foundational skills
6. Apply strategies for sense-making
7. Engage and excite
8. Curriculum counts
9. Use texts as tools
10. Safeguard science and social studies
Handbook on the Science of Early Literacy
Duke, N. K., Lindsey, J. B., & Wise, C. N. (2023). Feeding two birds with one hand: Instructional simultaneity in early literacy education. In S. Q. Cabell, S. B. Neuman, & N. P. Terry (Eds.), The Handbook on the Science of Early Literacy (pp. 186 – 195). New York: Guilford.
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