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5 Tips to Get Kids Reading Novels When They Say They Won’t

Creating lessons accessible to readers who resist novels and other long texts can enhance the learning experience for everyone – including those who read the whole book. Cathy Gassenheimer shares ideas from high school interdisciplinary teacher Ileana Sherry on designing literacy instruction with the “extreme user” in center focus. Extra resources included!

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Harlan Elementary Attacks the Reading Gap with “Goodnight, Harlan” Bedtime Stories and Other Strategies

The achievement gap between children who read or are read to, and children who are not, is well documented and widely discussed, writes Assistant Principal Jill Edwards. Some schools may view the gap as outside their control, but not Harlan Elementary in Florence City (AL), where educators are using a variety of “combat strategies,” including the newly launched video collection of Goodnight, Harlan bedtime stories.

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Thinking about Reading at the Eclectic City Library

Reading is really about accessing knowledge and expanding our understanding. Whether it’s to gather facts and information – or insights into the human condition and our relationship with the world – reading continues to be the most important skill of all. Cathy Gassenheimer shares some thoughts about why and how we can read more!

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Reflections on a Teaching Life

As the new school year begins, we’re pleased to share this reflection on teaching by Georgina P. Nelson, ABPC’s Director of Professional Learning during 2011-12. Georgina (the mother of toddler […]

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Hearts & Minds: How We Teach Reading

By Caroline Novak
President, A+ Education Partnership

If non-fiction speaks to the mind, literature speaks to the heart, as a teacher’s story published recently in the New York Times […]

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