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Raising the bar with the Common Core

Dr. Paul Rogers discusses the implications of the Common Core Standards.

Reading and writing across the curriculum

Although writing requires its own instructional time, reading and writing skills reinforce each other.

Using Multimedia to Support Reading in Social Studies

Watch this short video to learn how you can use multimedia to help support your instruction in social studies and history.

Active Read Alouds: Bringing Nonfiction to Life

Kids and volunteers engage in a summer reading program developed by The Reading Connection.

Engaging Nonfiction Readers

In Salt Lake City, teacher Margaret Barnes uses a framework called CORI (Concept Oriented Reading Instruction) to teach reading comprehension skills to second and third graders.

Using Think-Pair-Share in the Classroom

Using think-pair-share in the classroom creates a collaborative learning environment where students work together to solve a problem or answer a question about an assigned reading.

Classroom Strategy: List-Group-Label

List-group-label is a vocabulary and comprehension strategy that helps develop categorization skills, build background knowledge, activate critical thinking, and grow vocabulary. Watch list-group-label in action.