25 Ways Schools Can Promote Literacy And Independent Reading
25 Ways Schools Can Promote Literacy Independent Reading contributed by Kimberly Tyson, Ph.D.In the age of the Common Core and its emphasis upon having students take on more challenging text, independent reading and student choice can easily take a back seat to the...
What Close Reading Actually Means
by Grant Wiggins, Ed.D, Authentic Education On May 26, 2015, Grant Wiggins passed away. Grant was tremendously influential on TeachThought’s approach to education, and we were lucky enough for him to contribute his content to our site. What is close reading? As...
19 Reading Response Questions That Work With Most Texts
Reading Response Questions For Self-Guided Response by Terry Heick Though I’ve been busy with TeachThought for the last four years, my original ‘trade’ was teaching English (literature, writing, digital media, etc.) I was recently going through an...
Teaching Social Justice: 25 Books To Encourage Students To Change The World
Teaching Social Justice: 25 Books To Encourage Students To Change The World by Ashley McCann What are the kinds of ideas that convince people that they can change the world? What about students–what kinds of inspiration or knowledge or confidence or vision do...
Viewing Comprehension Strategies: Watching Videos Like You Read A Book
40 Viewing Comprehension Strategies: Watching Videos Like You Read A Bookby Terry HeickYou can’t watch a video like you read a book; the modalities couldn’t be much more different.On the surface level a video uses light, color, sound, and moving images, with the...
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- How The Memory Works In Learning
- Stop, Practice, Collaborate: The Cycle Of Reflective Teaching
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- Thinking About A Lack Of Thinking
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