One way to teach very efficiently is to really understand what students already know and can do and tailor our instruction from there. While teaching to the “middle” will be…
No question about it, one of the of the biggest keys to comprehension is a robust vocabulary. This is especially important when reading grade level or complex text. But students…
Whether by choice or by force, teachers everywhere have recently adopted a new reading curriculum. In an effort to sell to the masses, these companies typically result in “curriculum bloat,”…
Data. We’re inundated with it these days. Which has its pros…and also its cons. The data tools we often use for reading might include things like oral reading fluency measures,…
In a previous post, I shared one of the easiest, most effective strategies for simplifying narrative summary writing for kids. If you haven’t read that post yet, please take a…