Two important components of reading comprehension are background knowledge of a wide range of topics and a rich vocabulary. Reading aloud, especially interactive reading aloud, to children is an effective strategy for developing this knowledge and is even more critical … Continued
Sometimes, giving students a real reason for reading can be useful for having them practise until mastery is achieved. If prosody (fluency and expression) is an area of weakness, one strategy could be to have students produce a video of … Continued
Once children are reading, quantity of reading and instilling a desire for reading become critical components of improving reading skills. Underlying this is access to books. A starting place is obviously the school or local community library. However, it … Continued
More and more people who want to be viewed as gender neutral are requesting that they be referred to using the pronoun ‘they’ (instead of ‘he’ or ‘she’). It is interesting to consider this shift in the context of the … Continued
The next Cracking the ABC Code podcast discusses how teachers can use poetry to provide intentional scaffolding to help develop students’ writing. Reference Kerbs, M., McQueston, J., &Lawrance, L. (2024). Playing with words: Scaffolding writing through poetry. The Reading Teacher, … Continued