What Are Context Clues? Context clues are the words, phrases, or sentences around an unfamiliar word that help readers figure out its meaning. Connected Skills There are several skills that depend on students first mastering context clues. When students can unlock word meaning, they can think more deeply and respond more accurately across the entireContinue reading “Connected Skills Series(Part 1): Context Clues”
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Effective Elements of Plot Instruction: Bloom’s Taxonomy Approach
Elements Of Plot (Knowledge/Comprehension) Intro: Over the past few years, I’ve developed a method to teach Elements of Plot in an explicit but engaging way. A differentiated approach which follows Bloom’s Taxonomy progression. In this article, I’ll share scaffolds, engagement strategies and the overall (Hattie) effect size for teaching Elements of Plot using the routine.Continue reading “Effective Elements of Plot Instruction: Bloom’s Taxonomy Approach”
Phenomenal Instruction: A Guide To Reading Intervention
Intro: Education is experiencing a shift from the Balanced Literacy(Small Group) to the Structured Literacy(Whole Group) model. No longer can Teachers/Reading Interventionists say that they looked at a Letter and then follow a rote script. Now, practitioners analyze, evaluate and synthesize data and then implement interventions. With that in mind, I put together “A GuideContinue reading “Phenomenal Instruction: A Guide To Reading Intervention”
Phenomenal Intervention: S.T.A.A.R. Prep
In this article, I share how I improved a group of 29 students performance from 45 to 79 percent pass rate.
The Phenomenal Student 