Text Excerpts vs. Novel Studies: Striking a Balance
Many adults recall the feeling of coming in from recess and settling in for the read aloud. That eager feeling of finding out what would happen next to the characters…
The Workshop Model of Teaching: Misunderstood, Not Misaligned
Lately, the workshop model of teaching has been under heavy fire. Scroll social media and you’ll see plenty of posts claiming it’s not explicit, not evidence-based, or not aligned with…
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….
Academic Vocabulary: Helpful or Just Confusing?
We’ve all heard the jokes about the insane amount of acronyms used in the teaching profession. There are in-school terms like IEP and PLC. There are mnemonics like CUPS, TIDE,…
Reading Motivation Matters [But Is Often Ignored]
The resurgence of the science of reading as a movement has brought forth some very important reminders. Some of those reminders are seen everywhere, like the importance of teaching phonics…