Via Team Readworks.org Dear Fellow Educators, Recognize Presidents' Day with articles and primary sources on a selection of American presidents: K-12th Grade Presidents' Day Articles & Primary Sources Or, go paperless! Elect to use Presidents' Day articles on ReadWorks Digital. Happy Teaching! The ReadWorks Team
Literacy
Why Literacy Educators Need to be Advocates for Science and Social Studies Education
This is a guest blog post on Lesley University Center for Reading Recovery and Literacy Collaborative by Professor at the University of Michigan and Author Nell Duke. The short, yet very informative post is available here. Please share with your colleagues and administrators!
K-12 Paired Texts and Question Sets
From the Readworks.org Team Dear Teachers, Reading two texts with a similar theme, topic, or other element, can help move your students towards reading and comprehending more complex texts. Try these paired nonfiction and literary passages with question sets that address both texts: K-12 Paired Texts and Question Sets To find the paired text of a passage, … Continue reading K-12 Paired Texts and Question Sets
Literacy-Rich Social Studies Lessons and Modules
I work with an awesome group of educators @GeneseeISD. Formed under the leadership of @lhagel11, the mission statement "Leadership, Service, Innovation; Partnering for Success" encompasses what we actually do everyday. Here is what might seem to be a "no big deal"example of what our mission statement looks like in action, especially when there are numerous sources of new … Continue reading Literacy-Rich Social Studies Lessons and Modules
March is Reading Month
Michigan Geographic Alliance has reading lists and resources for both elementary and middle school classrooms: Using Literature to ask Elementary Students Questions Geography Literature for Primary Students Social Studies Literature for Middle School Questioning the 5 themes in literature 5 themes bingo with geography read alouds Click the links below to check out our great elementary … Continue reading March is Reading Month
Adaptive Learning and Progress 