I am very aware that once students get into high school, the stakes are high. Traditionally, the focus is on passing classes with graduation as the end goal. All efforts go into helping students meet course requirements, which includes getting homework done, studying for the tests and quizzes. Little time if any is left over for any continuation of closing the gap on any lagging reading skills. I have and will forever […]
Read moreThe mystery of teaching students how read was solved a very long time ago. We know how to do it. We know what it takes. YET we still have students who are lagging behind in their skills. When a child struggles with reading, we must do something different not just more of the same only louder and more of it. I was attending a conference on reading several years ago […]
Read moreDid you ever wish you could have a visual for one of your students that he or she could see at all times instead of needing you there all the time to prompt to not do something? I’ve had several students who needed this. There was the guy in middle school that would zip up your hoodie, jacket or sweater in a hot minute if it was not zipped all […]
Read moreI feel that every conference or training that I go to, if I can get just one new idea, strategy, or tool that I can take back to share with others, then I consider it worth my time. When Sarah Ward came to present, we were all taking part in a fire hydrant turned to WIDE OPEN!!! It will take me weeks to process all of the information I learned […]
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