How to jump-start struggling readers
How to jump-start struggling readers
December 15, 2016
Categories:
Reading
Imagine reading a sentence, but not understanding its context. You can read each individual word fine, but the sentence itself doesn’t make sense. Imagine praying, crossing your fingers, and hoping that your teacher doesn’t call on you to read aloud [...]
Learning to sail: Engaging reluctant readers
Learning to sail: Engaging reluctant readers
December 8, 2016
Categories:
Reading
What was the last thing you read? Did you read for pleasure, to gain information, or to complete a task? Did you read to calm yourself, escape the day, or get energized? For many, the answers are as swift as [...]
The significance of CASE’s endorsement
The significance of CASE’s endorsement
December 1, 2016
Categories:
Math,
Reading
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Accelerated Reader
Several years ago, I became responsible for coordinating almost all the holiday shopping in my family. To this day, I’m not sure how or why that happened, but I do my best. Hunting online and in stores for the perfect [...]
How can we make sense of personalized learning?
How can we make sense of personalized learning?
November 23, 2016
Categories:
Assessment,
Math,
Reading
The challenge of a common definition Though conversations about personalization and/or individualization abound, there remains shockingly little agreement on a definition. Many conversations take on a “kitchen sink” dynamic in which other approaches (e.g., mastery learning, universal design) are simultaneously [...]
The endless search for that next great read
The endless search for that next great read
November 17, 2016
Categories:
Reading
If you are like me, after you finish reading one book, you simply cannot get to the next one fast enough. As a mother of young children, I read for a sliver of time each night between when my children [...]
What are Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 interventions in education?
What are Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 interventions in education?
November 3, 2016
Categories:
Education Strategies,
Literacy
As the use of a multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) has become widespread in schools, terms such as tiers, benchmarks, universal instruction, and intensive intervention have become familiar to many teachers. These concepts may also be known [...]
(Almost) perfect heroes and the science of learning
(Almost) perfect heroes and the science of learning
October 20, 2016
Categories:
Math,
Reading
(Almost) perfect heroes Although Hercules would disagree, Achilles is widely considered the closest thing to a perfect hero in Greek mythology. However, if you’ve ever twisted an ankle, enjoyed a heel spur, or pulled your calf muscle, you are painfully [...]
Success Story: How to read 352 million words in five years
Success Story: How to read 352 million words in five years
October 13, 2016
Categories:
Reading
Walker Elementary beats the odds with successful reading campaign Ranked in 2011 as Santa Ana’s fourth-lowest elementary school, Walker Elementary struggled to boost the English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency of its largely Hispanic, high-poverty student population. According to the California [...]
The Scooby-Doo approach to close reading
The Scooby-Doo approach to close reading
October 6, 2016
Categories:
Reading
Like many kids, I used to watch Scooby Doo, Where Are You! (Okay, I still do.) In each episode, Scooby-Doo, along with Shaggy, Fred, Velma, and Daphne, would solve clues to figure out mysteries that puzzled others in the town.
The 4 R’s of deliberate practice
The 4 R’s of deliberate practice
September 29, 2016
Categories:
Math,
Reading
For a number of years, I have been fascinated by research on the science of expertise. Many of us were first introduced to this topic in Malcolm Gladwell’s bestseller, Outliers: The Story of Success. In that book, he presented multiple [...]
