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Tag: reading comprehension
Response to Intervention: What Doesn’t Work
With the newly released RtI document and as states and districts scramble to conform to Race to the Top carrots and sticks, voices of experience need…
Don’t Read Class Novels
When we teach a novel or short story, how much of our instruction should be teacher-dependent and how much should be teacher-independent? My thought is that…
How to Teach Reading Intervention
Teaching reading intervention is qualitatively different from teaching beginning reading. By definition, the initial reading instruction did not “take” to a sufficient degree, so things must…
Advanced Reading Skills are Essential
Without refined reading skills, personal independence and options are severely limited. What was an adequate reading skill level thirty years ago is inadequate today. More higher…
Content vs. Skills Reading Instruction
A key discussion point regarding reading instruction today involves those favoring skills-based instruction and those favoring content-based instruction. The debate is not either-or, but the author…
Don’t Use Round Robin and Popcorn Reading
Round robin and popcorn reading are the staples of reading instruction in many teacher classrooms. However, these instructional strategies have more drawbacks than benefits.
How to Teach Reading Comprehension
Teachers struggle with how to teach reading comprehension. The implicit-instruction teachers hope that reading a lot really will teach comprehension through some form of osmosis. The…
Independent Reading: The Meeting of the Minds
Using the format of the old television show titled Meeting of Minds, some of the greatest thinkers from different eras to discuss the subject of independent…