Reading is an integral part of the sciences, including computer science. Even when students don’t have a textbook, the cry to “read the manual” is a well-known response to newcomers’ questions, and sites such as Stack Overflow are filled with text about complex technical topics. Our students must be able to understand scientific and technical information through reading, yet scientific and technical texts contain unique challenges that students are often unprepared to tackle without support. The “vaccination model” where CS...