A Simple Summer Reading Experiment That Just Might Work….
Dear WTWL Readers, 8 Let me lay a truth bomb on you. I didn’t write this as a blog post. I write a lot. But, […]
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Primary Sources for All Students
Posted by Timothy McClure In the history classroom I use primary sources often to incorporate reading in the content area and reading strategies into my curriculum. […]
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All Are Welcome Here! Quick, Cultural Connections to Content Instruction for Diverse Learners
John Wolfe with Rita Platt “Culturally responsive teaching” or “culturally relevant instructional practices” are hot topics in ESL teaching. We value this and applaud the many […]
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Goal Setting, A Simple Lesson Sequence
By Rita Platt Teaching students to set and meet goals is a skill that they will be able to use for the rest of […]
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CBMs with a Twist: Reading is About More Than the Speed
By Rita Platt Today in almost every elementary school in every state in America, teachers are required (or at least highly encouraged) to use curriculum […]
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Engaging African American Boys with High Quality Literature
By Rita Platt The suggestions below are great books for everyone. This post, however, puts the lens on readers who are African American boys. If we […]
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High/Low Books to Engage Reluctant Readers from 4th Grade Through High School
By Rita Platt If we want reluctant readers to read we have to give them books they want to read. That means helping them find […]
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Tap Out! A Quick & Fun Way to Formatively Assess Almost Anything!
By Rita Platt Looking for a fresh, fun way to quickly and easily assess your students’ progress? Try having them “Tap Out!” Step 1: […]
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AR Killed My Dog and Now It’s Coming for YOU! A Defense of Accelerated Reader and a Plea for Less Drama
By Rita Platt With John Wolfe Well, I’ve done it. I’ve had a Twitter-feud. You know you’re not going to change anyone’s mind by arguing […]
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An Annotation by Andrea Wondra In this journal of research in reading, the results suggest that instruction emphasizing phoneme segmentation, blending, and letter–sound relationships are […]
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