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…
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’s Really Behind the Divide in Reading Instruction?
Think about the last disagreement you had with someone. Without knowing a single detail about your disagreement, I’m pretty confident that the root cause, the way-down-deep-what- started-it-all cause, was miscommunication….
What’s Not True with the Science of Reading
To say the term “science of reading” is ubiquitous is a gross understatement. In many ways, it’s fantastic that there is such robust discussion about the topic. But as with…
Too Many Curriculum Demands? Integrated Literacy Lessons is the Answer.
Whether you have to tightly follow a specific curriculum, you have a great deal of freedom in what materials you use to teach, or you fall somewhere in the middle…