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Want Students to Succeed in Reading? Build Background Knowledge!

April 8, 2023
3-5 Reading / Balanced Literacy / K-2 Reading

We know that what readers bring to a text matters a lot. Louise Rosenblatt, way back in the 1930’s, told us about “reader response theory,” which basically means that the…

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