Just Teaching Students to Read Is Not Enough
Whether ending the school year or starting a new one, an important question should come to mind: is the goal to teach students to read, or is it to teach…
How to Avoid State Reading Test Surprises
Assessments. When it comes to literacy, it seems we’re inundated with them lately. Screeners. Diagnostics. Curriculum-based measures. Computer adaptive. There’s really no shortage. Which is a really great thing. Taken…
Why Teachers Don’t Have Enough Time (And What to Do About It)
Ask any teacher anywhere what their biggest barrier is, and without a doubt, they’ll say time. And it’s true. Teachers never have enough time. There’s a lot to pack in…
The Literacy Skills We’re Not Teaching Enough
Literacy is comprised of four key components: reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Reading gets the majority of attention, for sure. Hopefully in your context, writing gets just as much. We…
What Literacy Teachers Really Need (It Isn’t More Trends)
As a teenager many moons ago, one of the questions I remember my parents asking me the most was if so-and-so were to jump off of a cliff would you…