Reading and Writing Thoughts

What ALL Readers MUST Know About Uncovering THEME
When readers know that THEME is a universal message about life and/or people, uncovering this within a text becomes a little easier and more understandable. Teaching THEME Before uncovering the...
What ALL Readers MUST Know About Uncovering THEME
When readers know that THEME is a universal message about life and/or people, uncovering this within a text becomes a little easier and more understandable. Teaching THEME Before uncovering the...

5 Steps to Make Inferential Thinking VISIBLE
Inferring has proven to be difficult for many students. When readers begin to understand the process of inferring the process of inferential thinking becomes more natural.
5 Steps to Make Inferential Thinking VISIBLE
Inferring has proven to be difficult for many students. When readers begin to understand the process of inferring the process of inferential thinking becomes more natural.

9 Key Teaching Points for Navigating Nonfiction...
informational texts can be overwhelming and a challenge to read. From the different text structures to the content specific vocabulary to the way the content is presented to the amount...
9 Key Teaching Points for Navigating Nonfiction...
informational texts can be overwhelming and a challenge to read. From the different text structures to the content specific vocabulary to the way the content is presented to the amount...

8 Key Points for Teaching Readers How to Monito...
Monitoring comprehension is a process that readers of all ages need to understand and revisit throughout their development toward reading proficiency. Readers must recognize the basic signals when meaning is...
8 Key Points for Teaching Readers How to Monito...
Monitoring comprehension is a process that readers of all ages need to understand and revisit throughout their development toward reading proficiency. Readers must recognize the basic signals when meaning is...

Twelve Ways Teachers Can Build Lifelong Enduran...
Do you want to help build your young readers' endurance and enthusiasm for reading? Do you want your students to read for their own authentic and self-selected purposes? Do you...
Twelve Ways Teachers Can Build Lifelong Enduran...
Do you want to help build your young readers' endurance and enthusiasm for reading? Do you want your students to read for their own authentic and self-selected purposes? Do you...

WHY Students SHOULD BE Stopping and Jotting Tho...
We can learn so much about readers through quick written responses. Stop and Jots are thinking, reactions and annotations about texts kept by a reader while they are reading. When...
WHY Students SHOULD BE Stopping and Jotting Tho...
We can learn so much about readers through quick written responses. Stop and Jots are thinking, reactions and annotations about texts kept by a reader while they are reading. When...