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Help Your Students Become Test Warriors [FREE Webinar and Mini-Unit]
Spring is finally here! You know what that means: longer days, more sunlight, warmer weather…and state testing. Along with testing
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Reading Instruction
Reading Engagement and Independence
Increase Student Engagement by “Gifting” a Book
While digging through baskets of books in our library at home, my son Cameron found a volcano book with a
Reading Engagement and Independence
Re-Engage Your Readers and Writers After a Long Break
As students return to school after a long break, you might notice that their reading stamina isn’t where it was
Phonics
Brain-Friendly Ways to Teach Sight Words
Did you know that there are 109 words in the English language that account for 50% of written English in
Explicit Teaching
Make Your Teaching Stickier by Being More Explicit
Years ago, if I had been asked the question “Are you teaching or just telling?”, I would have been insulted.
Comprehension
How to Increase Student Engagement, Thinking, and Comprehension
Kids Need to Talk in Order to Learn Kids like to talk. No, kids LOVE to talk. I know I’m
Classroom Management
How to Make the Best Use of Time in Your Literacy Classroom
We Never Have Enough Time When you are an educator, time is a precious resource. I have had a lot of
Phonics
Making Sense of the Science of Reading vs. Balanced Literacy Conversation
Not long after I started teaching in the late 1980s, literacy educators were involved in a “reading war”. For those too
