Literacy Resources From The Experts At TeachThought

The Leap From Decoding To Comprehension

Perhaps it’s time to explore a radical but common sense notion: maybe we don’t understand how reading comprehension develops over time.

Editing Robert Burns For The 21st Century by Dr. Pauline Mackay, Lecturer in Robert Burns Studies, University of Glasgow Here at the

Students are conditioned to believe that someone beyond their family or teacher will be automatically and genuinely interested in their ideas.

Vocabulary is a matter of meaning and degrees of meaning, which means it cannot be the ‘job’ of a single content area or teacher.

Direct Instruction, Modeling, Immersion, and Varied Interactions are four of the many keys to developing academic vocabulary in students.

Alliteration is the repetition of the same sound at the beginning of a sequence of words: Sally and her seashells, Peter and his peppers.

Blogging offers a fun, casual and accessible way for students to develop, hone and perfect writing skills without making it seem like work.

3 Ways to Bring Live Blogging To The Classroom by Heather Edick Live blogging is a blogging technique used often