“That's a Third Rail Issue” Using LGBTQ+ Children's Literature as Backup to Counter Pushback
AbstractOffering insights from a research –practice partnership, we examine how five pre-K–6 teachers discussed using LGBTQ+-inclusive children's literature as backup to counter curricular censorship and community pushback. (Source: Reading Teacher)
Source: Reading Teacher - March 26, 2024 Category: Child Development Authors: Jon M. Wargo,
Kierstin Giunco,
Kyle Smith Tags: Viewpoint Source Type: research
“I Had a Deep‐Down Stereotype”: Pairing Critical Literacy Practices to Examine Explicit and Implicit Gender Stereotypes with Elementary Students
AbstractConnecting literacy to social issues such as gender stereotypes supports reading and writing achievement while also allowing students to think critically and in justice-focused ways. Such practices allow students to critique gender stereotypes in texts while also examining and even challenging their own implicit perceptions of gender. However, teachers are often not provided support in challenging stereotypical portrayals of gender and are often provided curricula that actively reinforces gender stereotypes. In this article, I explain how to use critical literacy practices to help students examine stereotypical por...
Source: Reading Teacher - March 26, 2024 Category: Child Development Authors: Alyssa Whitford Tags: Viewpoint Source Type: research
A Fundamentally Wrong Premise and a Disservice to the Profession: Responding to “… What we Truly Know about the Teaching of Reading”
This article responds to a recent article “Stories Grounded in Decades of Research: What we Truly Know about the Teaching of Reading.” (Source: Reading Teacher)
Source: Reading Teacher - March 26, 2024 Category: Child Development Authors: Claude Goldenberg Tags: Viewpoint Source Type: research
In This Issue 77:5
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Source: Reading Teacher - March 26, 2024 Category: Child Development Authors: Tanya S. Wright,
Patricia A. Edwards,
Laura S. Tortorelli,
John Z. Strong,
Emily Phillips Galloway Tags: In this Issue Source Type: research
A Healthy Diet for Beginning Readers: Decodable Texts as Part of a Comprehensive Literacy Program
AbstractWe suggest that a healthy literacy diet for beginning readers consists of literacy experiences along a number of dimensions, including experiences with decodable text. As such, this article explores the role of decodable texts in a comprehensive early literacy curriculum that recognizes literacy as a complex, culturally mediated, and multifaceted set of skills. We provide five guidelines for practitioners to use when evaluating decodable texts to be used with beginning readers. As an example of the type of analysis we recommend for selecting quality decodable text, we examine one decodable text for its merit in ful...
Source: Reading Teacher - March 26, 2024 Category: Child Development Authors: Ashley E. Pennell,
Rebecca Lee Payne Jordan,
Kindel Turner Nash,
Kerry Elson,
Woodrow Trathen Tags: Teaching and Learning in Action Source Type: research
Issue Information
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Source: Reading Teacher - March 26, 2024 Category: Child Development Tags: Issue Information Source Type: research
In This Issue 77:5
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Source: Reading Teacher - March 26, 2024 Category: Child Development Authors: Tanya S. Wright,
Patricia A. Edwards,
Laura S. Tortorelli,
John Z. Strong,
Emily Phillips Galloway Tags: In this Issue Source Type: research
Comprehension for Emergent Readers: Revisiting the Reading Rope
This article discusses language comprehension and developing skills with emergent readers, in particular verbal reasoning and language structures, that are necessary for later reading comprehension. (Source: Reading Teacher)
Source: Reading Teacher - March 26, 2024 Category: Child Development Authors: Anna Elizabeth Kambach,
Heidi Anne Mesmer Tags: Teaching and Learning in Action Source Type: research
Book Creation to Support English Language Learning
AbstractAs part of a large study aiming to understand how kindergarten children in Colombia used translanguaging during independent play, Paula (the teacher) along with Dr. Moses (lead researcher) co-designed a 6-week play-based intervention that included a variety of learning experiences such as partner reading, small-group reading, and supported play, among others. In this guide, we describe the step-by-step process followed to design the children's book the students used during instruction to learn the desired language, vocabulary, and interactions. Additionally, we provide suggestions on how to create a book that fits ...
Source: Reading Teacher - March 25, 2024 Category: Child Development Authors: Carolina Torrejon Capurro,
Lindsey Moses,
Paula Garces Tags: Teaching and Learning Guide Source Type: research
Reevaluating and Restructuring Comprehension Strategy Instruction
AbstractIn the face of arguments that knowledge is the key to reading comprehension, we examined the evidence for comprehension strategies instruction. Since the National Reading Panel Report, a number of researchers have reaffirmed the value of including comprehension strategy instruction in the elementary and middle school curriculum. The latest reviews and meta-analyses indicate that teaching comprehension strategies improves children's and adolescents ’ reading comprehension. We outline what strategies should be taught, when, how, and how much. Differentiation of instruction is vital because students who struggle to ...
Source: Reading Teacher - March 25, 2024 Category: Child Development Authors: Peter Dewitz,
Michael F. Graves Tags: Teaching and Learning in Action Source Type: research
Digital Close Reading for Lower Primary Students
This article reports results from a case study attempting to digitize a classroom literacy practice —close reading—for Year 2 students. It suggests that digital tools can effectively support close reading practices and students' literacy learning. Results also identify some unique affordances that digitization offers. The author provides suggestions and tips for practitioners interested in inc orporating technology into their regular close reading routines. (Source: Reading Teacher)
Source: Reading Teacher - March 20, 2024 Category: Child Development Authors: Stephanie Wing Yan Lo ‐Philip Tags: Teaching and Learning in Action Source Type: research
