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Disciplinary Literacy Starts With Listening: How to Make Every Classroom a Literacy Classroom
Before diving in, try to read this sentence: “Rain stopped play just after the declaration, so the follow-on was never enforced.” You probably decoded every word but (unless you know cricket) have no idea what happened. That’s the experience many students have every day. They’re in science classrooms, history books, and math lessons where they…
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3 Ways to Turn Short Podcasts Into Literacy Lessons Your Students Actually Want
An eighth-grader who never volunteers just deadpanned that his class could buy the whole school if they pooled their money and turned the gym into an ice rink. A group of fourth-graders is cackling about the logistics of an elephant in downward dog. A sophomore is explaining, with real conviction, why a ramen shop banning…
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How to Teach Newcomer English Learners: A Practical Guide for Grades 2–12
Learn how to support newcomer English learners from day one. Get actionable strategies for the silent period, grading, SLIFE students, and survival English.