Close-reading is an active process characterized by questioning, adjusting reading rate, judgement thinking, and dozens of other strategies.
My students were overjoyed when I shared this new tool that enabled them to work more interactively with their book reports.
Image or picture thinking is the innate process dyslexic thinkers use. Our educational system is just beginning to understand how to…
Skim for key vocabulary that seems important, is confusing, or otherwise ‘stands out’ and mark it in a separate color.
If you’re an elementary school teacher, you know the challenges of funding a classroom. With many content areas, it can get…
Every story, Vonnegut playfully asserts, can be ‘shaped’ on a Y-axis of Good Fortune & Ill Fortune extended along the X-axis…
Infographics help students decode complex story elements to better access a text. Try these ideas for using infographics to teach literature.
Reading comprehension is a matter of decoding, reading speed, and thinking about the text, all of which can improve with tiered…