At the heart of effective classroom practice is the need to teach students to think well. When I work in classrooms, I sometimes stop and ask students ‘Who do you think is a good reader?’ They’ll often point to their Read more…
Share your reading life with your students. Let them know who you are as a person and who you are as a reader. By sharing your reading life, your students will see your enthusiasm and love for reading. Students look Read more…
The Biggest Gift You Can Give Your Students – A LOVE for READING! Working in schools alongside teachers, teaching children to read, is an absolute pleasure. I am often asked, ‘What else could I be doing?’ This question comes from Read more…
In my many years of experience working in schools, I have observed a range of well- researched instructional practices being unintentionally misinterpreted or slightly altered along the way. Guided Reading is one of those practices. Over time, I have noticed Read more…
