Shifting the BalanceShifting the Balance

This book addresses a student-centered, middle ground point of view in the "reading wars" with an eye towards grades 3-5, that looks on these disagreements as opportunities for evolution instead of justifications for divisiveness. The writers introduce a handful of instructional shifts offered from an invitational stance to help readers consider research beyond a one size fits all mentality and confront their own biases and misunderstandings as they explore ways Balanced Literacy practitioners can reimagine upper grades literacy instruction by incorporating some powerful tenants from the Science of Reading.