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Reading the Sun, Moon, and Stars: Intergenerational Literacy
Spencer Salas
Happy October from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte! This month, my Dad’s turning 90 and for this blog post I’d like to share one of the stories he’s told us about growing up on the island of Guam … Continue reading
Reading With Purpose This School Year
Spencer Salas
Hello again from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte! In July, I kicked off this teaching reading blog with some thoughts about the categories of “reading” and “literacy” and why they matter for a new school year. For this … Continue reading
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Tagged as elementary reading, ELT reading, reading, teaching reading
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“Literacy” vs. “Reading”: 3 Questions to Consider This Fall
Spencer Salas
Greetings from The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where I’ll be writing this “teaching reading” blog for these next 12 months! To kick things off, I want to look a little at the categories of “reading” and “literacy.” To … Continue reading
Checking Reading Comprehension? Ask Better Questions!
Barbara Gottschalk
“Ms. Gottschalk, don’t you get it?” The young English learner (EL) asking me this question was genuinely concerned. He was perplexed because I kept asking him and his classmates questions about a picture—questions whose answers I obviously already knew. In … Continue reading
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Tagged as ELT reading, primary, primary education, reading comprehension, teaching reading
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Optimizing Reading Comprehension for MLLS: 6 Strategies
Judie Haynes
When my school first adopted the Reading Workshop, a teaching method in which the goal is to teach students strategies for reading and comprehension, I became a proponent of this approach and worked to find ways to adapt it to … Continue reading
4 Ways Teachers of ELs Differ From Reading Teachers
Barbara Gottschalk
“Are you teaching them to read?” asked the custodian as she unlocked the door to my classroom. I had forgotten my key and needed to get ready for my before-school class with English learners (ELs). I didn’t have time to … Continue reading
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Tagged as elementary education, ELT reading, primary education, reading, teaching reading
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What’s Different About Teaching Second Language Reading to Adults?
Barbara Gottschalk
Early in my career, I used to be jealous of reading teachers. They had so much native speaker reading research to back them up, they had curriculum, they had progress tests, and they had ways to diagnose deficits. In contrast, … Continue reading
Assessing Assessments: 5 Points to Consider
Barbara Gottschalk
Are you preparing to begin a new academic year? For many teachers in the United States and other parts of the world, the answer is “yes.” Even if this isn’t the case for you, it’s safe to assume almost every … Continue reading
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Tagged as assessment, elementary ESL, ELT reading, primary education, reading, teaching reading
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