All across the English-speaking world, legislation has demanded a greater emphasis on assessment. Specifically, predictive reading screeners. A worthy endeavor. After all, early intervention is key to avoiding reading failure,…
Teaching reading strategies is imporant. The materials we use to teach them matter just as much. Here’s what to know.
There are things that come and go…and then come right back again in the world of teaching. A “new way” comes in, and we dismiss the “old way” as tired…
As I write this post, winter break is coming to an end all across the country. Teachers everywhere are thinking about jumping back into the schedule…the workload…and the stress. The…
It’s exciting to see that more and more, attention is being paid to something that deserves equal billing to reading: writing. Specifically, writing instruction. Because writing is crucial to literacy…