It’s never too late (and it can’t be): Helping struggling readers in SF and Hayward
Students entering high school are all over the place when it comes to their reading skills. Some read at the college level already, while others struggle. In g...
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Another easy way to promote reading: Make public a list of who’s reading what
Here’s another quick and easy idea to promote reading from the classroom of English teacher extraordinaire Tess Lantos at Impact Academy in Hayward. Post...
Reading goals of ninth graders in Hayward
By high school, many people think that you can’t improve your reading. Very few high schools assess their students’ reading skills, except on summa...
Best practice for classroom libraries: Multiple copies of fewer titles
Here’s one that used to escape me. Let’s say you’re a teacher, and you care about reading, and you want to start building a classroom library...
Here are some of my ideas for this year and the Kindle Classroom Project, 2014-15
Summer is a great time to reflect, take stock, and figure out next steps for the Kindle Classroom Project. Because so many of you are generous donors to the pr...