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Rereading as Coming Home
Jan recently picked up from a thrift store a copy of a Rick Riordan book for her twelve-year-old son, Victor. Victor is an avid Riordan reader, so the title was an inevitable purchase (along with a...
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Redefining Engagement
Long before Gallup associated student engagement with increased literacy achievement, thoughtful and student-centered educators knew that engagement is key to student success. While teachers’ earnest...
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Non-judgmental Relentlessness
Has this ever happened to you? You have children in your class who profess to hate reading. You talk to each of them about the things that interest them. You spend time selecting titles you think each...
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The Four Agreements
In literacy education, one of our central aims is to help children grow to become independent and proficient readers. In fact, with the evolution of instructional standards over the past few years,...
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Improving Our Practice with Something Easy
In Reading Wellness, we liken reading process to form during exercise. Ultimately, our goal for a reader is to put forth effort without compromising form, which in this reading metaphor would mean...
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A False Sense of Security
Over the summer, Kim’s son Matthew attended a two-week, military-style leadership camp at Norwich University in Vermont. Each day began with an hour and half of Physical Training (PT) which included a...
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Lexile Confounders
In Readers Front and Center: Helping All Students Engage with Complex Texts, Dorothy Barnhouse makes the point that, while the creators of the Common Core Standards advise teachers to “employ...
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Short on Words, Big on Conversation: Quick Reads for Sparking Deep Discussions
Rich conversations support deeper understanding during read aloud, but sometimes time constraints can limit opportunities to discuss stories. We, along with a number of dear colleagues, have been...
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Orange-Polka Dotted Umbrella Trees
When we were together in Florida, we took walks together along a neatly manicured path in Kim’s neighborhood. As we walked, we talked about the trees and flora and wildlife and how different it was...
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Seeing Red: You Get What You Look For
“If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is: infinite.” ~William Blake In You are a Badass by Jen Sincero, chapter 17, titled, “It’s So Easy Once You Figure Out...
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Yank and Pull–Is there an Easier Way?
One morning, on an early morning bicycle ride, Kim noticed a small bird tugging at a piece of straw stuck to a clump of dirt that, after being driven over repeatedly, appeared permanently matted to...
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Short on Words, Big on Conversation: Quick Reads for Sparking Deep Discussions
Rich conversations support deeper understanding during read aloud, but sometimes time constraints can limit opportunities to discuss stories. We, along with a number of dear colleagues, have been...
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Attending Our Children’s Sporting Events and Other Bad Habits
Recently, we encountered this three minute video essay by Daniel Pink that you should watch before reading the blog post that follows. After watching this video essay, we had many thoughts, including,...
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Orange-Polka Dotted Umbrella Trees
When we were together in Florida, we took walks together along a neatly manicured path in Kim’s neighborhood. As we walked, we talked about the trees and flora and wildlife and how different it was...
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Seeing Red: You Get What You Look For
“If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is: infinite.” ~William Blake In You are a Badass by Jen Sincero, chapter 17, titled, “It’s So Easy Once You Figure Out...
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