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Dr. Brandon Abdon
Transitional Literacy and the Science of Reading in Secondary ELA
Transitional literacy focuses on bridging the gap between basic reading skills and more advanced literacy skills necessary for success during middle...
Ways to Engage Middle School ELA Students in Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening All Year Long
Join Laura Kebart (LanguageArtsTeachers.com) for a fun walkthrough of four strategies to keep your middle school ELA students engaged all year long!
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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.”
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...
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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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,...
The Gift of Reading: We Three Books
On the day after state testing, one of my sophomores burst into the room and announced: “Mr. G, I used rule of three on my essay.” It was a proud...
The Gift of Reading: Of Authors, Words, and Magic
For most of the past year and half, I have spent most of my waking hours querying or obsessing over querying literary agents for my young adult novel