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I, like many educators, cannot believe how quickly summer passes! Nevertheless, back-to-school time is here, and many teachers are putting the final touches on their classrooms for this year. I tho...
Continue reading: Teaching Tip: Organizing Your Classroom Library for Young ReadersJan Richardson and I are putting the final touches on our interactive session at ILA 2018 (link no longer available)—What to Do When Kids Just Don’t Get it: Prompting for Deeper Understanding durin...
Continue reading: Getting Ready for ILA 2018 in Austin!We don’t need tons of research to tell us that some of our students lose ground over the summer because they aren’t reading. We see it in classrooms at the start of each new school year. Students f...
Continue reading: Summer Reading — It Matters!In my latest video blog (link no longer available), I’m diving deeper into the Word Study part of a guided reading lesson and sharing some tips about using Making Words. I’ve also created this help...
Continue reading: Teaching Tip Video and Handout: Top Tips for Teaching Making Words During Word Studynew at pioneer valley books teaching tips
Created by teachers for teachers, Literacy Footprints is a complete guided reading system cocreated by myself and fellow literacy expert, Jan Richardson. Hear directly from Jan and I as we detail t...
Continue reading: Video: What is Literacy Footprints?Sound boxes can be powerful tools for helping students learn how to hear and record sounds in words. Using them can lead to greater independence in writing and improve students’ ability to use phon...
Continue reading: Video Teaching Tip: Using Sound Boxes During Guided WritingI hope you’ll check out my latest Teaching Tip Video below! This time, I’m sharing methods for using sound boxes to help students learn how words work. You’ll see me using useful tools like the ABC...
Continue reading: Video Teaching Tip: Using Sound Boxes During Word Study