Reading teachers chat with actress Colette Hiller about ways to make word learning innovative and fun. Colette is releasing a new book which combines educational poetry with illustrations to teach new words & related knowledge. Listen to this episode to gain creative ideas about how to help get students excited about word learning.
Read MoreReading teachers chat with Dr. Molly Ness about her new book Read Alouds for All Learners. Molly shares how teachers should intentionally plan their read alouds, with thought put into the vocabulary instruction, the purpose for reading, the think aloud process, and engagement and extension activities for students after reading. Listen to this episode for TONS of ideas from our guest about how to get the most learning out of your read aloud experiences.
Read MoreReading teachers wrestle with understanding the nature of the comprehension process. They discuss ideas from the Blueprint for Reading Comprehension and Executive Skills and Comprehension to understand the different cognitive processes and executive functioning required for students to extract and construct meaning from texts.
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