Cultivate a Classroom with Student VoicePosted on May 06, 2018Using technology to create an engaging classroom is easier with the right tools. Look for resources that provide students an outlet for giving feedback about their own learning....
Track Individual Ideas to Analyze Their InfluencesPosted on May 06, 2018Students struggle to track the evolution of a single idea across a text. Harder still is looking at the development of two or more ideas and how they impact one another. This...
Identify the Skill First & the Text SecondPosted on May 06, 2018The reading standards outline the skills students need to master; they do not require certain texts be read. This puts the emphasis on teaching reading, not teaching texts....
Helping Students Identify the Main Idea of Any TextPosted on March 03, 2011When teaching students about main idea, scaffold your instruction. Students need to first learn how to identify the concrete and literal before they can determine the inferential....
Teach Readers to Discern Text StructurePosted on March 11, 2014Authors organize their information intentionally. They present their ideas in an organized pattern. This is called text structure. Understanding text structure empowers readers....
Teach Constructed-Response Writing ExplicitlyPosted on August 27, 2013All the work you do to teach your students to read independently and comprehend proficiently is ultimately assessed in the form of a constructed reading response. Plan time...
