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Analyzing Relationships: Using Compare and Contrast with Yellow Questions
Learning to compare and contrast different ideas deepens students’ understanding of what they read. How...
Early Emergent Readers: Learning to Self-Monitor
One of the most important things for an emergent reader to learn is to check...
How to Teach Cause and Effect in Your Classroom
Teaching students how to locate cause and effect in the text can help them learn...
Teaching Tip: Ways to Keep Kids Reading During Summer Vacation
Here in New England, the school year is winding down, and many students are about...
Writing Books for (and With!) Beginning Readers
My four-year-old grandson Jaxson recently dropped by the Pioneer Valley Books office with Ducky, a...
Teaching Tip: Improving Comprehension During Guided Reading
Guided reading provides a perfect opportunity to support students as they reflect on the text....
Teacher Training Opportunities for Literacy Footprints
Jan Richardson and I have been working hard to develop ways to help teachers with...
Hurricane Experiences
I have written two nonfiction books about hurricanes (Hurricanes and Hurricane Katrina Dogs), so I...
Learning Your (Lowercase) Letters
It’s national lowercase day (who knew, right?), and we’re taking note here at Pioneer Valley...
Forget the 100-word rule!
Last week, the principal of our local school asked me what I thought about the...
Teaching Tip: Help parents keep their kids on track with summer reading
As the school year winds down and your students’ families make summer plans for vacation,...
Teaching Tip: The power of running records
Currently, it’s quite common for teachers to take running records to determine a student’s book...
