Read-Aloud Mentors: From Reluctant Readers to Inspiring Leaders
As a newer interventionist, I faced a formidable task: engage reluctant readers and address their needs with minimal resources for an entire 90 minutes.
Literacy
Using Urban Legends to Engage Struggling Readers
After teaching high school reading intervention courses for many years, I know that starting with a novel is a mistake—it’s too long. Instead, I use urban legends.
Creating a Reading Culture (Even When You’re Low on Time and Funds)
"Why read when you can watch the movie?" In my eight years as an educator, no other sentiment has been quite so crushing to hear from children.
Sit. Stay. Read: How Dogs Can Help Improve Literacy
One of the best literacy teachers Jane Swire knows is her dog, Blizzard. She and Blizzard visit the local library once a week during the school year as part of a reading program.
How Technology Can Help (and Hinder) with Reading Development
For students who struggle with reading, adding technology can be hugely beneficial. But there’s still a lot to be said about old school methods.
Preventing the Summer Slide
Perhaps some learning loss is to be expected during summer vacation, but there are reasonable concerns about how the break may weaken students’ reading and math skills.
Bringing Pictures to Life: Teaching with Graphic Novels
Beverley Brenna knows what children like to read. She has written award-winning children’s books. She teaches prospective English teachers in the University of Saskatchewan’s ...
Coding for Kids: The New ABC’s of Digital Education
There’s a greater push to teach kids computer coding at school. But you don’t need to be a technology whiz to introduce it to your students.
The Search for the Right Picture Book
I avidly recall a second grade class that would excitedly huddle around my rocking chair for story time. Students scrambled around sliding chairs to the carpet where I read ...
“Where Do Words Come From?”
“Words from other countries can be difficult to spell. Italian gave us macaroni and broccoli, as well.”