Essential components of teaching reading
Teaching reading and writing go hand in hand, so it's really tough to talk about instructional practices that address one with out the other. The pages listed here explore essential practices and considerations for teaching reading, though it is best to think of them as supporting an integrated vision of literacy. So for example, the focus of an interactive read aloud might jumpstart a future written response to text or directly connect to elements of author's craft explored in writer's workshop. Even when these connections aren't explicit, consider how to engage multiple domains of literacies to enrich the learning experience as a whole!
text selection matters. So what criteria should you use?
Many of these practices, such as shared or guided reading, rely heavily on the selection of appropriate texts. And what makes a text 'appropriate' depends on a number of dimensions based on the reader and purpose in mind. The Cult of Pedagogy podcast hosted by Jennifer Gonzalez recently addressed the controversies surrounding this question in an episode featuring Jennifer Serravallo, The Best Ways to Use Leveled Texts.
A few key takeaways from this conversation remind us that:
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