Want to improve literacy in your school? Here’s how
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…
Literacy in the Classroom
The 3 superpowers of collaborative nonfiction writing
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…
How to get your students to love reading
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…
How to support literacy in the classroom, part 1
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…
3 teacher-vetted edtech resources for cross-curricular lessons
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…
Video Presentation: Its No Myth…Streaming Plus is a Great Way to Teach Your Students to Understand, Interpret and Evaluate Texts
Students often struggle with their understanding of informational text because they lack the imagery to comprehend what they are reading. ... Read more
Virtual Field Trip Archive
Virtual Field Trips are another way to provide your students with real-world experiences to build background knowledge, expand discipline specific ... Read more
Success Story: Des Plaines School District 60, IL
Hear from teachers and students at one school district, who are using Streaming Plus to help build background knowledge, demonstrate ... Read more
Online Event: Fall VirtCon
Literacies for the Digital Age October 24th, 2015 | 9am – 4pm Join Discovery Education at Fall VirtCon 2015 to ... Read more
Katch of the Month – Literacy Blog Posts HOTS for Blooms
Part 1: How to recognize and teach critical thinking skills using Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy as a guide. Part 2: Easy ... Read more