Reading and Writing Thoughts

9 Key Teaching Points for Navigating Nonfiction Text

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 Monitor Comprehension

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 Endurance and Enthusiasm for Reading

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 Thoughts While They Read

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...

Making Connections Visible for ALL Readers

Making Connections Visible for ALL Readers

Making relevant connections should be part of every proficient reader’s strategy toolkit. Connections help bring a reader closer to the text and stay authentically engaged as he/she builds and develops...

Making Connections Visible for ALL Readers

Making relevant connections should be part of every proficient reader’s strategy toolkit. Connections help bring a reader closer to the text and stay authentically engaged as he/she builds and develops...

Unleashing the Power of the Book Blurb

Unleashing the Power of the Book Blurb

Use the Book Blurb to Increase Focused Reading! Using the BOOK BLURB is a quick and simple strategy that can increase focused reading engagement.  This strategy works for any age...

Unleashing the Power of the Book Blurb

Use the Book Blurb to Increase Focused Reading! Using the BOOK BLURB is a quick and simple strategy that can increase focused reading engagement.  This strategy works for any age...