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 teacher, or refer to a parent, but when they speak 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 up to their teachers as role models, tuning in to 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 hard working teachers who spend endless hours planning for their 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 that this practice can look different depending on which school Read more…
