Read Aloud, Think Aloud and Write Aloud to Build Confident and Independent...
To make writing instruction meaningful, students need explicit instruction that presents them with writing models and teaches them skills within a community of writers. By using an “ I do , We do ,...
View ArticleJust the Facts about Nonfiction
Reading and writing about interesting topics is engaging to students and their curiosity about a topic makes them more persistent, active, and engaged. Here are some ideas that promote students to...
View ArticleWord Workers In The Reading Classroom: Word Study That Supports...
A differentiated, small-group, word study program provides students with the foundation for establishing important reading skills. Every group of students receives quality instruction matched to their...
View ArticleBuilding Co-Teaching Relationships Together
Co-teachers can create a collaborative atmosphere and set the stage for a positive relationship by following some suggestions featured in the Virginia Department of Education publication, Stepping...
View ArticleWriting Strategies for Students Who Struggle
Research indicates that the Self-Regulation Strategy Development (SRSD) model is more effective at improving writing performance than are all other instructional approaches. The POW+TREE strategy, a...
View ArticleReading for Meaning and Autism Spectrum Disorders
What makes reading for understanding especially challenging for children on the autism spectrum? Autism Spectrum Disorders are a cluster of developmental disorders characterized by deficits in...
View ArticleExecutive Skills and Reading Comprehension
According to Dr. Kelly Cartwright, author of Executive Skills and Reading Comprehension, three core executive skills are cognitive flexibility, working memory, and inhibition. Cognitive Flexibility...
View ArticleJust the Facts about Nonfiction
Reading and writing about interesting topics is engaging to students and their curiosity about a topic makes them more persistent, active, and engaged. Here are some ideas that promote students to...
View ArticleSix Great Technology Tools for Teachers
1. AUTODRAW autodraw.com AutoDraw is a tool that uses artificial intelligence to guess what you’re trying to draw. You start with a blank screen, begin sketching something, and AutoDraw gives you a...
View ArticleSummer Reading Lists for Students
The International Literacy Association has published their Choices Reading Lists for 2018. They are available for Free Download. They include: Children’s Choices—approximately 100 titles recommended...
View ArticleLeadership Tools and Literacy Walk-through Protocols
Walk-throughs provide a snap shot of student learning. Protocols can effectively structure classroom visits and focus them to observe for components of effective instruction. Brief, frequent, routine...
View ArticleJust the Facts about Nonfiction
Reading and writing about interesting topics is engaging to students and their curiosity about a topic makes them more persistent, active, and engaged. Here are some ideas that promote students to...
View ArticleWord Workers In The Reading Classroom: Word Study That Supports...
A differentiated, small-group, word study program provides students with the foundation for establishing important reading skills. Every group of students receives quality instruction matched to their...
View ArticleBuilding Co-Teaching Relationships Together
Co-teachers can create a collaborative atmosphere and set the stage for a positive relationship by following some suggestions featured in the Virginia Department of Education publication, Stepping...
View ArticleTeaching Vocabulary in the Math Classroom
What’s the Big Deal About Vocabulary? In their article, What’s the Big Deal About Vocabulary, Dunstan and Tyminski state, “The Frayer model (Frayer, Frederick, & Klausmeier 1969) is a graphic...
View ArticleA Few SOUND Ways to AMP Up Phonemic Awareness Instruction
Phonemic awareness (PA), defined as the proficient and automatic access to the sounds in spoken words, is necessary for efficient sight-word storage and phonics (Kilpatrick, 2016). Regretfully, many...
View ArticleWriting Across the Content Areas
It is important for students to have daily opportunities to write. According to Koppenhaver and Erickson (2007), students should write at least four days a week, otherwise they won’t learn to like...
View ArticleBook a Trip to PD on Literacy This Summer!
During the summer, learn more about literacy instruction through the following professional development opportunities. Each of the modules indicated are free and can be accessed at your convenience,...
View ArticleSummer PD From the Comfort of Your Home
Quality literacy instruction is essential for all students. As many students with intellectual disabilities may read and write below grade level, finding meaningful professional development and...
View ArticleLeveraging Literacy Instruction for Success
As educators, it’s our business to work toward profitable gains in our students’ learning by being systematic when designing instructional practices. The Council for Exceptional Children (2019) informs...
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