Last year, Chemawa Middle School faced a huge literacy need. We are a Title I school in Riverside, Calif., and state assessment data showed that 62 percent of…
Kids love to tell and share stories, but writing nonfiction is different, because they have to take concepts or events and not only understand them, but convey that…
Getting kids to read is one of the most rewarding and challenging things a teacher can do. Opening the world of adventure and imagination from a book set…
Today, 25 million children in the United States are not proficient readers. While this is, indeed, a crisis, it’s one that I firmly believe we can solve. Reading…
When I was teaching social studies in elementary school, I often found that while my ideas were endless, my planning time was limited. Despite my best efforts, I…
Students often struggle with their understanding of informational text because they lack the imagery to comprehend what they are reading. ... Read more
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