As educators, we are responsible for cultivating an inclusive learning environment that values and celebrates diversity. One powerful way to achieve this is by providing students with a diverse reading list that exposes them to different cultures, experiences, and perspectives. Here is a reading list specifically curated for your ninth-grade summer reading list. Each book […]
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It’s Time to Shelve Summer Reading
Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! Our department spent the month of May preparing and presenting our summer reading assignments to every high school student. We talked about our educational goals for the next school year. We shared advice and insight into how the selected […]
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How Background Knowledge Supports Reading Comprehension
Essential Components In part 1 of my series on effective literacy, I discussed the Science of Reading, the role of the brain when learning to read, and the importance of explicit phonics instruction when teaching reading. Explicit phonics instruction is critical when learning to read, but word recognition is not the only component that creates […]
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What Every Teacher Should Know About the Science of Reading
This is Part 1 of a series on effective literacy instruction Have you signed up for The Educator’s Room Daily Newsletter? Click here and support independent journalism! My fondest memories of teaching first grade were watching my students grow as readers and feeling pure joy when they accomplished their reading goals. Every September you are […]
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Reading to Learn: What Bob Moses Taught Me About Mathematics
Kim Lee is a physics teacher at Pinole Valley High School in West Contra Costa Unified School District. She has been teaching for the last four years. She is the teacher sponsor of the Anti-Racism Club and helps run the Peer Tutoring Program. She is committed to promoting diversity and equity through STEM education, as […]
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I’ve stopped being a Reading Interventionist-Why you Should Also
Reading interventionists, educators, administrators, and publishers have a terminology problem. In contrast to many educators, we in the field of reading have come to accept the normalized use of terms that are not student- and family-positive. They are terms that have emerged from therapeutic approaches to adult addiction. In the context of the teaching of […]
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Reading is the Cheat Code: Why Reading Must Have a Place in Schools
Jessica Fitzpatrick is a high school librarian in Houston and is in her eighth year of education. She holds a Bachelor of Science in elementary education from the University of Houston and a Master of Library and Information Science from the University of North Texas. She is the 2020 TLA Branding Award Winner for Community […]
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5 Free Reading Apps for Parents to Utilize
Reading is fundamental-especially in the middle of a pandemic! We all know the importance of reading. With schools transitioning to virtual learning and public libraries being closed, it is critical to keep our students reading and knowing the tools that we can use to help them stay engaged. Here are some apps and websites students […]