We’re All on Notice
…awareness and concern, teachers (and family members, too) can set the stage for children to start a conversation about any aspect of literacy. By what kids DON’T notice, they are…
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Doing the Hard Work of Preserving Freedom
…it might be The Diary of Anne Frank or The Merchant of Venice. The Remedy for “Bad” Speech This doesn’t mean that teachers and students should ignore aspects…
The Magic of One-Pagers
…ask is, did the student connect with and comprehend the main aspects of the poem? If they are able to show this in a one-pager, why not try it? I…
Engaging Student Interests by Using New and Diverse Texts
…more exciting and engaging place to learn. For example, rather than relying on the chance that students connect with some aspect of an assigned text, we recommend showing students a…
Fostering Preservice Teachers’ Media and 21st Century Literacies
…begin thinking specifically about their topics: What aspect of diversity will your digital story be about? Will you discuss something that happened when you were a student? Will you discuss…
Literacy Assessment Principles and Practices: Avenues for Helping Literacy Learners
…are valid only to the extent that they help students learn.” Too often teachers are required to measure or describe some aspect of a student’s literacy performance only to enter…
Angie Thomas Discusses “On the Come Up”
…presented to me as something that I wouldn’t be able to grasp, it was too bougie for me, you know. But the fact is poetry is not, poetry is very…
A Tip for Teaching Challenging Texts: Position Yourself as a Learner
…and incorporating art, drama, and other elements can help pave the way more organically for students to come away with a truer grasp of complicated topics. By using various tools,…
For the Love of Reading: Developing a Teacher Reader Identity
…that altered two aspects of my identity I had yet to unite in graduate school: reader and teacher. Our professor was discussing possible interview questions for an upcoming teacher recruitment…
Decolonizing the Classroom: Step 1
…schooling in European colonization of the Americas, Africa, Australia, and Asia to grasp the central function of teaching (particularly teaching English) in colonization. A politically conscious teacher acknowledges that one…
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