September 27, 2020
Improve Students' Fluency, Vocabulary, & Comprehension with Guided Practice
By Laura Robb
"The kids who can't read the grade level text listen to it so they are on the same page as students who can read the text. That's the only way I can have every...
September 12, 2020
Why Poetry? Let Me Count the Ways
By Timothy Rasinski, Ph.D
Anyone who has followed my work in the past knows that I am a huge advocate for the use of poetry (and song) in the literacy classroom for all...
August 22, 2020
"Everything is Changing!" Or is it? Four Cornerstones for Teaching and Learning
By Tonya Gilchrist
"Run often and fast, toward or away from something. Trust yourself to know which. And trust yourself to know when by the chanting clocks that hang on...
June 08, 2020
How Poetry Changed Nicholas' Life
By Lois Letchford
Living in Brisbane, Australia, my six-year-old son, Nicholas, failed first grade. The effects of going to school showed themselves through his quietness,...
May 17, 2020
Independent Reading Always Matters
By Laura Robb
Most schools had twenty-four hours to close down. There wasn't time to consider checking out books for students or ensuring each child had a computer or...
April 24, 2020
Remote Learning and The Principle of School Culture
America and the world are experiencing a time of significant change, a time of great challenges. Educators, with little to no warning, have had to transition learning and...
April 05, 2020
Connecting Matters When We Work Alone
By Laura Robb
Teachers, school leaders, parents,
and children are facing many challenges after states shut down schools to keep
everyone safe during the COVID-19 pandemic....
March 08, 2020
Reading IS the Best Intervention
by Laura Robb
Each year,
education publishers, promote programs that offer guarantees for boosting
reading scores and transforming striving readers into students who read...
February 14, 2020
The Fearlessness of Squirrels
By Lester Laminack
One morning at breakfast I noticed Steve, with coffee mug in midair, staring through the windows into the woods behind our house. I sat quietly...
January 25, 2020
There's Power in the Reflective Reader and Writer
By Cameron Carter
As
teachers, we make thousands of decisions a day. We often reflect on these
decisions and wonder, “Was the decision I made the right one?” or “How could...
January 14, 2020
Helping Students Find Their Voice In A World That Really Needs Them
By Gary Armida
As an English Teacher, I believe that the single most important thing we can do for our students is to arm them with the skills to use their voice to make a...
December 14, 2019
Teaching Reading is an Art as well as a Science
Timothy Rasinski, Ph.D. Kent State University
“It
is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression
and knowledge.”
Albert Einstein
“I would...