Literacy
Literacy is the ability to make sense of or use 'something.' From books to technology, research to writing, literacy is the foundation of learning.
Why So Many Students Think They Dislike Reading
Reading is personal but we often focus on the mechanics instead of the people and the strategies instead of the living and breathing happening around us.
20 Ideas for Incorporating Writing In ‘Other’ Subject Areas
With layering meaning, students read that material first, which helps them build background knowledge and learn specialized vocabulary.
Drawing Ideas: The Benefits Of Mindmapping For Learning
Drawing Ideas: The Benefits Of Mindmapping For Learning contributed by Andrew Sperl Developing your teaching methods to be more effective is an everyday process for educators around the world. In...
Innovation In Libraries Can Lead To Innovation In Schools
Innovation In Libraries Can Lead To Innovation In Schools by Terry Heick Libraries are brilliant because books are brilliant. So how we organize those books is no small matter—and deserves...
Helping Students Read By Choosing The Right Literacy Strategy
Helping Students Read By Choosing The Right Literacy Strategy by Terry Heick As the title states, this post is about helping students learn to read by choosing (or helping them...
A Simple Definition For Poetry
A Simple Definition For Poetry by Terry Heick As an English teacher, my students would ask me 'what a poem is' and before I could get two sentences in their...
A Better Alternative To Grading Student Writing
A Better Alternative To Grading Student Writing by Terry Heick This is a quick post that just occurred to me while writing about--well, writing about writing. I was brainstorming ways...
10 Ideas For Using Technology To Teach Writing
10 Ideas For Using Technology To Teach Writing by TeachThought Staff There are a variety of tech tools and methods out there for teaching writing that can make the process...
10 Ways Literacy Can Promote A Deeper Understanding Of Math
10 Ways Literacy Can Promote A Deeper Understanding Of Math contributed by Linda Kardamis, Teach4TheHeart.com With the rise of new trends such as a flipped classroom and whole brain teaching,...
How David Foster Wallace Taught Students To Respond To One Another’s Writing
How David Foster Wallace Taught Students To Respond To One Another's Writing by Terry Heick One of my favorite genres of writing is the essay, and one of my favorite...
What Is The MAP Reading Fluency Test? A Literacy Assessment Tool For Teachers
What Is The MAP Reading Fluency Test? A Literacy Assessment Tool For Teachers by TeachThought Staff This is sponsored content. NWEA.org asked us to let you know about the tool...
50 Challenging Activities To Promote Digital Media Literacy In Students
50 Challenging Activities To Promote Digital Media Literacy In Students by Terry Heick Literacy is changing--not at its core necessarily, but certainly at its edges as it expands to include...
Teaching Social Justice: 25 Books To Encourage Students To Change The World
Teaching Social Justice: 25 Books To Encourage Students To Change The World by TeachThought Staff What are the kinds of ideas that convince people that they can change the world?...
It’s Time To Think Differently About Writing In The Classroom
It's Time To Think Differently About Writing In The Classroom by Terry Heick Among the biggest changes of modern academic standards is the shift in the burden of general literacy....
25 Ways Schools Can Promote Literacy And Independent Reading
25 Ways Schools Can Promote Literacy Independent Reading contributed by Kimberly Tyson, Ph.D. In the age of the Common Core and its emphasis upon having students take on more challenging...
10 Dos & Don’ts For Teaching Vocabulary In Any Content Area
10 Dos & Don'ts For Teaching Vocabulary In Any Content Area by TeachThought Staff With the Common Core adoption in the United States, teaching vocabulary is no longer strictly the...
Don’t Teach Kids How To Read, Teach Them Why
Don't Teach Kids How To Read, Teach Them Why by Terry Heick Preface: I'm writing under the assumption that the 'child' in question has access to some form of mobile...
How To Take Cornell Notes
How To Take Cornell Notes Originally published in 2015; updated in October 2018 Form: Cornell Notes Purpose: The purpose of Cornell Notes is to distill complex text, arguments, etc. into a...
