Making Words Stick: A Four-Step Instructional Routine to Power Up Orthographic Mapping

Dr. Molly Ness, a former classroom teacher, has extensive experience in reading clinics, consulting with school districts, leading professional development, and advising school systems on research-based reading instruction. She is the creator of the End Book Deserts podcast, as well as the author of five books and numerous articles. Molly serves on the boards of The International Literacy Association, the New York chapter of the Reading League, and on the New York City Mayor’s Literacy Advisory Council.

Dr. Katharine Pace Miles, an associate professor at Brooklyn College, City University of New York (CUNY) whose research focuses on orthographic mapping, high frequency word learning, and literacy instruction that is both developmentally appropriate and grounded in the science of reading. Dr. Miles is the academic advisor for Reading Rescue, an evidence-based intervention for first and second grade students. She is also the co-founder and principal investigator of CUNY Reading Corps, which improves preservice teacher training and provides free high-dosage tutoring to historically underserved NYC students.