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One of the positive, yet unexpected, outcomes of COVID-19 has been the opportunity for me to work regularly with my grandchildren (and great-nieces!) on their reading. My granddaughter Mae, a first...
Continue reading: Teaching Tip: Teach for TransferShared Reading: A Powerful Literacy Experience, In-Person or Remote By Jan Richardson, Karen Cangemi, and Michèle Dufresne Whether you are working with students remotely or in person, you need to p...
Continue reading: Teaching Tip: Shared Readingliteracy footprints teaching tips
As school starts, many of you will need to assess students remotely. It is important to assess students before beginning formal guided reading lessons. You will need data to help make decisions abo...
Continue reading: Teaching Tip: Assessing Students Remotelyliteracy footprints teaching tips webinar
How can we prepare for the many scenarios our schools will face this coming year? In order to succeed, we need to have contingency plans in place that will help us be flexible. Our kids deserve thi...
Continue reading: Teaching Tip: Preparing for the Unknownliteracy footprints teaching tips
Some of you have asked about how to remotely teach the Literacy Footprints Beginner Steps lessons, or what Jan Richardson, in her book The Next Step Forward in Guided Reading, calls Pre-A lessons. ...
Continue reading: Teaching Tip: Beginner Steps Lessons Using the Digital ReaderHi everyone, Since the Literacy Footprints Digital Reader launched last week, I have been looking for a way to create engaging book introductions to accompany the digital reader in a format that di...
Continue reading: Teaching Tip: Video Book IntroductionsThe concept of how to teach children to read remotely was not even on my radar a couple of weeks ago. As the coronavirus spread and schools began closing across the country, I began thinking about ...
Continue reading: Teaching Tip: Teaching Guided Reading RemotelyThere are many research studies that show a strong correlation between the amount a student reads each day and reading achievement. The good news is that teachers understand this and are making sur...
Continue reading: Teaching Tip: Independent Reading… with Books Students WANT to and CAN Read!Guided writing is a powerful part of the guided reading lesson. Evidence shows that high-quality writing instruction can improve students’ reading comprehension, reading fluency, and word-solving s...
Continue reading: Teaching Tip: Guided Writing: Learning about the Main Idea and Key DetailsPhonics has been in the news a lot lately. It’s very important that we teach phonics. I don’t think any teacher disputes this! But phonics is not a goal in and of itself. We teach students phonics—...
Continue reading: Teaching Tip: Learning to Apply What You Have Learned
