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Sioux City Principals See Improvement in Student Literacy Outcomes and Engagement as Small-Group, Skills-Based Instruction Implementation Continues

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Iowa Reading Research Center

Posted on: January 31, 2017

Monitoring and reviewing student literacy data, teacher commitment, and setting clear expectations have led to success for two principals implementing small-group, skills-based instruction in elementary schools in Sioux City.

Patience, Professional Development and Teamwork Key to Implementation of Small-Group, Skills-Based Instruction for Literacy, Sioux City Principals Say

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Iowa Reading Research Center

Posted on: January 17, 2017

Implementation of small-group, skills-based instruction for literacy is underway in schools in Sioux City. Two principals discuss the process so far.

Dialogic Reading: Having a Conversation about Books

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Jessica Sidler Folsom, Ph.D.

Posted on: January 3, 2017

When facilitated with various levels of questions, dialogic reading encourages an interactive dialogue about a text being read by an adult to children.