Go Beyond Highlighting--Expect Why-LightingPosted on February 18, 2019Often annotation is reduced to little more than a set of codes and symbols that students are required to use while reading. This is a great first-step to annotating. However,...
Synthesize & Cite Evidence from Multiple SourcesPosted on December 03, 2018Students must read multiple texts in order to write an extended response citing evidence for all (or most) of the texts provided. This is going to require an extra level of...
Troubleshoot Evidence Errors in Reading ResponsesPosted on November 26, 2018Students' early attempts at evidence-based responses often require some fine-tuning. Troubleshoot these three-common "evidence errors" within your reading instruction and...
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...
