Nicki Clausen-Grace has taught elementary school in Central Florida for over 26 years. Currently a fifth-grade teacher, she has served as an adjunct instructor at the University of Central Florida. She has coauthored four books for teachers, Comprehension Shouldn't Be Silent: From Strategy Instruction to Student Independence, R5 in Your Classroom: A guide to Differentiating Independent Reading and Developing Readers, both published by the International Reading Association, as well as Reading the Whole Page: Teaching and Assessing Text Features and Teaching Text Features to Support Comprehension, both published by Capstone. She has authored numerous articles for parents and teachers as well as thirteen nonfiction children's books.