Neurologist and middle school teacher Judy Willis connects what you do in the classroom to what happens in the brain when students learn how to read, including: (1) Why a classroom has to be safe and supportive in order to overcome barriers to reading fluency; (2) How to jumpstart students who are not well prepared for reading with activities that build phonemic awareness; (3) Why helping students identify and use patterns is vital to effective reading instruction; (4) How to enhance students' vocabulary processing by relating to their learning styles and prior knowledge, and engaging them in multisensory learning; and (5) Why strategies for teaching reading comprehension need to change with each step of the comprehension process. With each revelation about the neurology of reading instruction, Willis provides whole-class and individualized activities, lessons, and units that you can use in every grade and subject to help all students become better readers.