Topic: Teacher Tip Tuesday

English learners benefit greatly from discussion after reading. Here is how to provide support during book clubs.

Teacher Tip: 5 Keys to Thoughtful Talk

Teacher Tip: How to Support English Learners in Reading Minilessons

Here are some suggestions and ideas to help you react to, reinforce, and expand a reader’s thinking in a reader's notebook.

Teacher Tip: Effective Practices for Book Talks

Teacher Tip: 5 Effective Practices for Teaching with Text Sets

Teacher Tip: Conduct a Self-Assessment to Elevate Your Teaching

Teacher Tip: 5 Tips for Creating a Prekindergarten Classroom Library

Teacher Tip: Have Children Match and Sort Letters

Teacher Tip: Support English Language Learners Through Multiple Modes of Communication

Teacher Tip: 6 Ways to Save Time During the Assessment Conference

Teacher Tip: Expanding Students' Vocabulary in Specific Instructional Contexts

Teacher Tip: How to Introduce Independent Work Areas

At the end of each level in the Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI) Lesson Guides, you will find pages from The Fountas & Pinnell Literacy Continuum to help monitor progress and guide your teaching.

Play is an essential component of the kindergarten classroom. Throughout early childhood, the foundation of reading and writing is joyful play, language, and literacy experiences.

As you help children learn new words, use some of the following teaching suggestions:

In grade two or even grade three, you may have students who are just beginning to sustain attention to texts and have little experience managing themselves independently.

As they engage in independent reading, students have many opportunities to process texts with ease and understanding. You'll want to guide struggling readers as they select books for themselves, but ultimately they must have the motivation of choice.