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College students can’t read, don’t like to read, choose not to read, or read poorly? 📚 Which one is it? 🧐 Check out The Literacy View’s latest episode with Donna Hejtmanek discussing some of the current issues in #literacy‼️ Kickoff to #summer with your #nobsbesties 😎👙🍉☀️⛱️🩳 Judy Boksner theliteracyview.com

☀️ Keep students engaged and learning all summer long! Dr. Paul von Hippel offers expert advice on maximizing summer reading achievement with 5 essential strategies. Learn how to create enriching reading experiences, provide consistent practice, and build connections through reading. Check out our latest blog for tips and resources: https://vist.ly/34m8f #Literacy #SummerLearning #JustRightReader

Inspiration Alert. See another of our picks for enhancing children's vocabulary. Delve into 'The Iron Man' and discover how you can use it to enrich their imaginations 💡📖 #VocabularyMatters #LiteracyEducation

Many of the answers could make sense, and kids need to consider which answer stands out. Practice this during read-alouds by giving multiple-choice questions after reading a chapter or ask kids to think about which theme or message has the best evidence from the text. #literacyeducation

📚 How do you choose the books you read? Are you intentional about diversity in your selections? 🌍 At Literacy Tree, we're diving deep into the importance of diverse representation in children's literature. Check out our literacy consultant, Jen's blog which explores the vital role of diversity in shaping young minds + fostering empathy. From embedding diversity within the curriculum, to celebrating both extraordinary + everyday lives, discover how we're redefining the way children connect with the world through books. 📗Read more here: https://lnkd.in/e9DPWDm6

Why the drift (or is it a push) towards authoritarian approaches in England's schools? Why did the National Tutoring Programme go wrong? What motivates today's teachers, and how can teaching history empower those who learn? Why is the government seemingly establishing a parallel system of 'alternative provision' for pupils and students designated as having Special Needs? How does Oak National Academy de-professionalise teachers? Contributors to the Spring number of 'Forum: for promoting 3 to 19 comprehensive education' explore these questions, and others equally pressing. They offer new thinking for an education service sorely in need of ways beyond the joyless test-readying deliverology which characterises so many classrooms. With several articles free to download, find the Spring number of Forum here: https://lnkd.in/eqYecX74

Have kids do The Thing. Pleasure reading during classroom instruction works. If it doesn't, it's a selection and/or classroom management issue. A large portion of upper grade struggling readers have decoding down. Fluency for common but complex vocab they orally know? Not so much. Complex but common words like 'information' could be read - but they had to stop and sound it out, and almost always without help. Often, they would get halfway through the syllables and recognize the word, say it fluently and move on. ❓Guess which of my 7/8 graders didn't have this problem: 🙋♂️ The students with a regular reading habit, (even if it tapered off as they hit their teens - quite common) Same K-6 reading instruction, same district, same teachers as their struggling classmates. As they say in the clip - kids need to do the thing the drills are prepping them for.

In a 30-minute session, we will uncover the truth about #foundationalliteracy for #olderlearners. One lucky webinar attendee will win a Reading Library set packed with a wide range of Lexile level texts! 📕📗📘📙 Register today: https://lnkd.in/gJu7JYyQ #uppergrades #olderstudents #middleschoolliteracy #highschoolliteracy #readingintervention #dyslexia #educationwebinar #literacywebinar