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Literacy Walks: A Collaborative Process to Transform Teaching and Learning Across the School
The Big Book of Literacy Tasks, Grades K-8: 75 Balanced Literacy Activities Students Do (Not You!)
Accelerated Vocabulary Instruction:Strategies for Closing the Achievement Gap for All Students
Literacy Walks: A Collaborative Process to Transform Teaching and Learning Across the School
The Big Book of Literacy Tasks, Grades K-8: 75 Balanced Literacy Activities Students Do (Not You!)
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Teacher
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Teacher
“Our use of the shared reading from Nancy Akhavan with close reading strategies will influence the quality of the students’ work and comprehension.”
Assistant Superintendent
Curriculum and Instruction
Blog Updates
Three Steps to Interactive Reading
Sometimes, I am asked to model an interactive read aloud. Teachers often ask me, “How do you know what to say during the read aloud to keep students engaged?” Deciding what to say starts with you deciding on a focus. How to choose a focus? Well, I go to my state’s...
The Gradual Release: It’s a Swan Dive Not a Long Distance Swim
It’s summer, but we are thinking about getting the classroom ready, and those first weeks of school. What will I teach the first day? The first week? It’s so easy to get caught up in what we are going to present—when the truth is, it’s more powerful to envision what...
