Literacy Posts

50 Happy Books That Can Lift You Up

TeachThought Staff May 24, 2020

Feel-good fiction? Books that make you happy might be a stretch but well-being comes from a simple concept: What you think about.

Correcting The Impact Of Negative News Bias On Mental…

TeachThought Staff May 13, 2020

The more we click on what sparks anger & fear, the more of that content we’ll see. Read to learn how…

What Parents Can Do At Home To Help With…

Terry Heick Mar 25, 2020

Whether parents should schedule reading at home depends on many factors–including how you ‘frame’ reading and how they respond.

What Is SQ3R? A Definition For Teachers

TeachThought Staff Mar 8, 2020

SQ3R stands for Survey, Question, Read, Recite, and Review. It is a study strategy for students designed to increase engagement and…

A Reading Comprehension Tool To Simplify Text

TeachThought Staff Feb 12, 2020

Rewordify attempts to simplify the text at the vocabulary level help to make complex texts easier to read.

4 Ideas For Motivating Adolescent Male Readers

TeachThought Staff Jan 2, 2020

Since many boys do not read teacher-privileged literary fiction texts at home, many of them classify themselves as non-readers.

20 Ideas for Incorporating Writing In ‘Other’ Subject Areas

TeachThought Staff Sep 20, 2019

Writing in other subjects can be accomplished with strategies like layering, where students build background knowledge and learn vocabulary.

Innovation In Libraries Can Lead To Innovation In Schools

Terry Heick Sep 18, 2019

Libraries are brilliant because books are brilliant. How we organize books deserves scrutiny as technology changes things.