<p>In this much anticipated follow-up to their groundbreaking book, <i>Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Balanced Literacy Classroom</i>, authors Jan Burkins and Kari Yates, together with co-author Katie Cunningham, extend the conversation in <i>Shifting the Balance, Grades 3-5: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Upper Elementary Classroom</i>. This new text is built in mind specifically for grades 3-5 teachers around best practices for the intermediate classroom. <br/><br/><i>Shifting the Balance, Grades 3-5</i> introduces six more shifts across individual chapters that:</p><ul><li>Zoom in on a common (but not-as helpful-as-we-had-hoped) practice to reconsider</li><li>Untangle a number of ¿misunderstandings¿ that have likely contributed to the use of the common practice</li><li>Propose a more science-aligned shift to the current practice</li><li>Provide solid scientific research to support the revised practice</li><li>Offer a collecti