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Dr. Brandon Abdon
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Close Reading: How to Do it and Where it Goes Wrong
Every ELA teacher knows how to do this, right? Not exactly. This webinar invites all ELA teachers for an in-depth examination of the art of close...
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Free Choice Reading for Engagement and Academic Success
Join Michael Guevara to discuss a strategy for letting students choose their own books to engage them in more texts. The books in this video were...
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Midyear Reading Conferences That Actually Change Student Habits
We know who finishes books in two days and who avoids them altogether. We know which students rely on plot summary, which struggle with stamina, and...
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Balancing Literacy Skills and Sustained Reading
If you teach grades 6–12 ELA, you know the squeeze. You are expected to move students toward sophisticated analysis of theme, rhetoric, structure,...
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Close Reading Doesn’t Have to Be Complicated—10-Minute Strategies for Busy Weeks
When the calendar gets crowded with winter concerts, makeup quizzes, assemblies, and general mid-year chaos, the idea of doing a full close-reading...
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Why Middle and High School Teachers Prioritize the Science of Reading
While most early literacy development occurs in elementary school, teachers in middle and high schools continue shaping students' reading abilities,...
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Using Immersive Reader as Part of a Close Reading Routine
One of the key shifts in English Language Arts classrooms is the move for students to engage routinely with complex text. To prepare students for the...
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Reading Anxiety is a Symptom, Not a Cause
If you've ever worked with students who struggle with reading—or experienced that struggle yourself—you’ve likely seen it firsthand: the hesitation,...
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Summer Reading and Writing Challenges
Before you’re of working age to get a job for the summer, the idea of filling up almost 12 weeks of time is intimidating and can lead to feeling...
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Transitional Literacy and the Science of Reading in Grades 6-12
Transitional literacy focuses on bridging the gap between basic reading skills and more advanced literacy skills necessary for success during middle...
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How Schools are Killing the Love of Reading
Ask a teenager how they feel about reading, and you’ll likely get an eye roll, a groan, or a halfhearted, “I don’t like books.”
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ELA: Tweets to Check Reading Comprehension
I don’t know about you, but I hate grading reading comprehension questions. First of all, the answers usually could be “borrowed” from websites like...