What English Sounds Like To Non-English Speakers
When someone hears a language they’re not familiar, it sounds–well, weird. This is what English sounds like to non-English speakers.
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21st Century Literacy: A Framework For Merging Classic Literature & Modern Technology
Literacy instruction has done a relatively poor job of keeping up with the urgent pace of change in the ways people read and write.
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Why Do I Want To Become A Teacher? To Give The Gift Of Literacy
I took a hard look at where I was going & realized what I had always known: I wanted to be an English Language Arts teacher,
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A Writing Strategy That Works For Every Student, Every Time
TAPE is a writing strategy that acts as a way of clarifying what you’re doing before you do it—or a way to help writers.
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Interview: Want Better Readers? Write Twice As Much With 1/2 The Rules
“We tend to think about writing as a solitary activity. But it’s not really,” Graham said. “We’re always writing for an audience.”
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7 Tips For Parents Of Struggling Readers
7 Tips For Parents Of Struggling Readers Literacy starts and ends at home. Teachers instruct, support, promote, and provide, but if the bulk of the reading and writing isn’t done at home for authentic purposes and self-directed recreation, it will always be a matter of academic proficiency. Which is like food being a matter of…
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How We Created A Reading Program For Urban Students In Poverty
We saw a need for a reading program and created one via teacher empowerment, focus on reading strategies, and high-interest texts.
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What Writing Is & Is Not
Writing is hard work–cognitively demanding and accessible via skill and perseverance and grit. Read more about what writing is & is not.
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20 Types Of Learning Journals That Help Students Think
A learning journal is an ongoing collection of writing done for the purpose of learning rather than the purpose of demonstrating learning.
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How I Use Automation To Differentiate Writing Instruction
It’s challenging to differentiate writing instruction for students of various abilities, especially for novice teachers.
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8 Ways To Help Students Improve Their Academic Reading
What is ‘academic reading’? And do my students know exactly what to do when they struggle with it both in and outside of the classroom?
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10 Reasons Students Aren’t Using Digital Textbooks
When digital textbooks were introduced, they the wave of the future and experts thought we’d see them become the standard.
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12 Strategies For Teaching Literature In The 21st-Century
From affording choice to anchoring year-long discussion of certain themes, here are strategies for teaching literature in the 21st century.
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Let’s Stop With The Worksheets And Create Engaged Readers
Let’s make room in the curriculum for engaged readers to read in the company of other readers, because it’s important to do so together.
