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Sound Walls: A Tool for Students to Use When Problem Solving
Posted on June 8, 2023
  • Dr. Mary Dahlgren
Tags
  • Science of Reading
  • Sound Walls

One of the biggest shifts in implementing reading science in classrooms today is the use of sound walls. This term is becoming more common, and we are seeing sound walls in general education classrooms across the country.

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Part 2: Connecting to the Written Word: Intentional Writing with Older Readers
Posted on June 1, 2023
  • Dr. Jason DeHart
Tags
  • Reading
  • Writing

A student shuffles to the next page of the book, listlessly moving to answer the questions at the end of the chapter.

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Part 1: More with Purpose: Intentional Reading with Older Readers
Posted on May 23, 2023
  • Dr. Jason DeHart
Tags
  • Literacy
  • Reading

The clock is ticking, the days on the calendar are drawing short, and every teacher knows time is limited. For all readers, every moment in the classroom is critical; this imperative is certainly true for the older reader.

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Fostering Literacy and Empathy Through Service Learning
Posted on April 25, 2023
  • Trevor Muir
Tags
  • Literacy
  • Service Learning

I once invited a refugee from Rwanda to be a guest speaker for my ELA/social studies class. She shared how she lost her entire family during the Rwandan genocide and was forced to live in a refugee camp for 17 years with no running water or electricity.

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Improving Literacy Through Storytelling
Posted on April 13, 2023
  • Antonio Sacre
Tags
  • Literacy

I stepped into the classroom for the first time at the Lab School on the campus of the University of California in Los Angeles more than a decade ago and did what I do best: I told stories.

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Phonemic Awareness and Letter/Sound Associations: Practices for Teachers
Posted on April 6, 2023
  • Dr. Pam Kastner
Tags
  • Letter Associations
  • Phonemic Awareness
  • Sound Associations

Learning to read is one of the most complex and important skills we will create in our lives. Human brains were never wired to read.

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