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A Writing Strategy That Works For Every Student, Every Time

Jan 16, 2018 | Literacy

A Writing Strategy That Works For Every Student, Every Time by Terry Heick Writing is difficult to teach, if for no other reason than it is also difficult to do. Put simply, writing is the documentation of thinking. Because it’s been done in so many different...

5 Dimensions Of Critical Digital Literacy: A Framework

Jan 11, 2018 | Literacy, Technology Integration

5 Dimensions Of Critical Digital Literacy: A Framework by TeachThought Staff Digital Literacy is increasingly important in an age where many students read as much on screens as they do from books. In fact, the very definition of many of these terms is changing as the...

What Is The Relationship Between Reading And Writing? It’s Linear

Jan 1, 2018 | Literacy

What Is The Relationship Between Reading And Writing? It’s Linear. contributed by Dennis Pierce In a wide-ranging interview, ASU researcher Steve Graham noted that reading and writing skills are closely linked—and each helps improve the other. He also revealed four...

What I Tell Students When They Say They Don’t Like To Read

Dec 11, 2017 | Literacy

What I Tell Students When They Say They Don’t Like To Read by Terry Heick When students say they ‘don’t like reading,’ the first thing I do is skip the preaching and try to relate–to meet them where they are, so to speak. Something like...

This Is The Future And Reading Is Different Than You Remember

Nov 10, 2017 | Literacy

This Is The Future And Reading Is Different Than You Rememberby Terry HeickIf one thing changes, everything changes.Reading, for example—it has changed because writing has changed.Writing has changed because the barriers to and means of publishing have...

Why So Many Students Dislike Reading

Nov 6, 2017 | Literacy

Why So Many Students Dislike Reading by Terry Heick We tend to teach reading in a very industrial way in the United States. We focus on giving kids “tools” and “strategies” to “make” sense of a text. To “take it apart.” To look for the “author’s...