SHIFTING THE BALANCE
Kari is a co-author, with Jan Burkins of the groundbreaking and best-selling book, Shifting the Balance: Six Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Balanced Literacy Classroom.
That book was followed, in fall of 2023 with Shifting the Balance: Six Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Upper Elementary Classroom, co-authored with Jan Burkins and Katie Egan Cunningham.
You can learn more about Shifting the Balance below.
Shifting the balance:
The Podcast
Maybe you’re new to the work of The Six Shifts yourself. Maybe you’re looking for a simple way to start a conversation about more science-aligned literacy instruction with colleagues.
The Six Shifts Podcast is an introduction to this work. With seven short and accessible conversations, we invite you to join us on this journey of making learning to read easier-not harder- for children.
Shifting the balance:
The Books
Are tired of trying to sort out the truth from the rhetoric when it comes the current literacy debates?
Maybe you’ve learned some science but don’t quite know how this science translates into classroom practice.
Or maybe you are a literacy leader working to support meaningful professional development for your school or district.
If so, we can help. We’ve written the Shifting the Balance books to support anyone who is ready to make learning to read easier-not harder- through the use of more science-aligned practices.
The twelve shifts described in these two books offer a logical pathway to sound instruction across the elementary grades.
Shifting the Balance (K-2): 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Balanced Literacy Classroom is co-authored with Jan Burkins.
Shifting the Balance (3-5): 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Upper Elementary Classroom is co-authored with Katie Egan Cunningham and Jan Burkins.
The two books work together, with the first serving as a “Phase I” of instructional change, and the second book, or sequel, presenting a blueprint for “Phase 2.”
Shifting the Balance books are written to support you with both the head work and the heart of making reflective and meaningful change to current practice on behalf of children.
