Understanding the relationship of ideas in text Beginning Early Older students have been learning the underlying concepts necessary to understand nonfiction text structures for years.
Why the hats, mountains, and roller coasters don’t tell the whole story Earliest Stories Our youngest children, from birth to kindergarten, often experience stories told
Remediation No More! Something happened when the entire world slowed down to navigate the pandemic crisis: education coined a new term: Accelerated Instruction (AI). AI
Beyond the First Five Days You have just been assigned a group of secondary struggling readers who probably failed last year’s state test. You’re expected
Bringing EdCamp structures to literacy coaching Basics of EdCamp You may have heard of or attended EdCamp, an “unconference” structure that began in 2009. EdCamps
Support for Fluency Interventions in Secondary Reading Secondary teachers often assume older students have mastered early reading skills, including decoding and fluency. As a matter
What struggling readers are missing and how to help Fluency is a focus of instruction beginning in younger grades, but it is often associated solely
What are the components of fluency for middle school students? While the term fluency in elementary years often focuses on the rapid decoding of words
And its role in secondary literacy education In education, we are used to “the next new thing.” MTSS is not that, though. It’s actually another
3 Actions to Start Your Year Hooray! You have been hired as a literacy leader! Perhaps that means your job title is literacy coach, reading
Support for Syllable Instruction and Next Steps in Secondary Reading Interventions While primary teachers continue to struggle with the best way to teach young students
Facing the CAN’Ts and the WON’Ts There are so many ways we say it: She would be fine if she would just read… I’m sure
As an experienced teacher, trainer, and leader, I blog about working with striving adolescent readers and the wonderful educators who teach them (and occasionally, the stuff that makes juggling this job and a family easier)!
