What's New

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My latest book is almost here!
Set to be published next April, Essentials of Reading is my most comprehensive resource book to date. It's easy to digest, with a question-and-answer format, and full of actionable tips and activities. But it's also  wide-ranging, with thought provoking concepts and an expansive arena of ideas to consider . Written with educators, administrators, parents, and word nerds in mind, there's something for everyone,, from busy teachers in need of concise answers to casual readers interested in the historical roots of  reading, the inter-are relationship of reading and writing, and what Dr. Suess thought about teaching phonics.  I think reading is a fascinating subject and hope you'll find it fascinating, too.
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Starting this December I'll be teaching a new live online seminar for the Bureau of Education and Research. Exciting!  Connecting best practice components of early writing instruction to reading instruction, this seminar explores how general classroom teachers, special educators, and home-schooling parents can weave dozens of practical, science-based writing activities and strategies into their existing literacy program. It also provides the ingredients for a DIY writing program that fits the needs of the children you teach. I love to write and talk about writing instruction - I hope you'll join me for one of the upcoming, day-long seminars!

Upcoming Events
Presentations, coaching, trainings, seminars, and more!


    Wasatch Reading Summit           Salt Lake City UT  10/9
           Activities, strategies, instructional techniques and more.


     BER live online K-2 Science of Writing          12/1 and  12/9
            Science of writing meets the science of reading!


    BER live online Dyslexia seminar               12/7 and  12/15
            Helping students who have or may have dyslexia
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​Mark Weakland is an author, teacher, national presenter and speaker, and literacy coach and consultant. Keeping his feet firmly in the classroom by regularly teaching in schools, Mark works with teachers, administrators, and parents to make literacy programs and instruction more engaging and successful.  He also loves to explore and make connections between the arts, nature, science, and education.