Traveling the World Through Others
Despite what many content area teachers believe, it is really important to teach reading strategies in their content area. Sixty percent of US high school students are performing “basic” or “below basic” on standardized state tests. This is unacceptable, but it is nothing new. US students have been scoring this low in reading for years.…
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As an English teacher, I once believed I was helping students develop good learning habits by making them read a certain number of pages of an assigned novel. Oh, don’t worry. I didn’t just make them read at home. I made them annotate as well. When they would return the next day, I then tested…
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As an English teacher and reading specialist, I work with students who really struggle with reading and writing. Here’s some advice that may help you in your struggle to work with your child while they are unable to go to school. Reading: Reading is best when it is chunked. Even if the teacher assigned a…
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The Wandering Empath 