Incorporating Oral Language Learning Throughout the School Day
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Posted on: September 28, 2021
Take three basic steps to implicitly and explicitly teach language to help develop this foundational skill for young students.
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Posted on: September 28, 2021
Supporting Your Children's and Teens' Home Learning: Writing an Objective Summary
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Posted on: April 7, 2020
Teach and practice this high-leverage skill at home with the help of our resource.
Supporting Your Children's and Teens' Home Learning: Retelling a Story Using a Graphic Organizer
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Posted on: March 31, 2020
Children can practice their comprehension skills using this approach and our included graphic organizer.
Supporting Your Children's and Teens' Home Learning: Weekly Writing Prompts for Children
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Posted on: March 25, 2020
Have your children practice their writing skills at home with our writing prompts in English and Spanish!
Supporting Your Children's and Teens' Home Learning: Selecting Texts for Standards-Aligned Practice
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Posted on: March 24, 2020
Three areas to consider when picking a text and a listing of websites with free texts to read.
Supporting Your Children’s and Teens’ Home Learning: Daily Book Study for Teens
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Posted on: March 20, 2020
Read a young adult novel with us and complete daily assignments to continue learning from home!
Effective Literacy Lesson: Improving Comprehension Through Story Mapping
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Posted on: February 25, 2020
Teach middle school students to use a story map graphic organizer when reading a literary text.
Technically Speaking: Understanding and Quantifying the Correlation of Two Reading Measures
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Posted on: February 11, 2020
Correlation and its limitations are explained in easy-to-understand language.
Research Brief: Decontextualized Alphabetic Knowledge Instruction Produces Positive Results
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Posted on: January 28, 2020
Findings suggest a systematic approach to teaching this prerequisite skill for decoding and writing.
Effective Literacy Lesson: Teaching Consonant Digraphs
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Posted on: January 14, 2020
This decoding skill helps students read, understand, and independently spell words.
Research Brief: Does It Matter When Students Read the Items on a Comprehension Assessment?
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Posted on: December 17, 2019
Researchers examined the common approach of having students read the questions before the text on a comprehension test to see how it impacted student performance compared to reading the questions after the text.