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Why This Text Matters - Martin Marty Center

In this signature video series, produced in partnership with the Undergraduate Religious Studies Program at the University of Chicago, experts at the ...

How to Help Readers Grapple With Challenging Texts - Edutopia

According to Shanahan, you can easily spend too much time on vocabulary. While he believes that it's important to increase students' knowledge ...

Books that Matter: The Federalist Papers - The Great Courses

These 85 brilliant essays have served as the single most important guide to the interpretation and application of the United States Constitution for more than ...

TextProject: Free student texts and teacher resources

Text Matters—a Magazine for Educators. Practical, research-based ideas for ... Free texts for reading instruction! BeginningReads · TopicReads Primary ...

Wakeup everybody: taking a look back to broaden the lens of literacy

... Books, 2003), 63. (2.) Alfred W. Tatum, "Enabling Texts: Texts That Matter," Edge. Accessed February 14, 2012. http://www.ngsp.net/ Portals/0/Downloads ...

Why This Text Matters - YouTube

In the space of about 30 minutes, viewers can gain a deeper understanding of the context, themes, and significance of texts taught by experts at ...

Matter text - TPT

Matter Informational Text Reading Comprehension Worksheet Basic Science ... This article briefly describes matter . 14 questions (identify ...

Which Texts for Teaching Reading: Decodable, Predictable, or ...

Decodable texts can be an important part of the decoding instruction, but I'd make controlled vocabulary readers the base of my reading ...

Exploring Essential Types of Texts Every Learner Should Read

What types of texts should children be exposed to in their literacy journey? This is an important question for educators, parents, ...

WHY BOOKS STILL MATTER edited by Karl Weber

A team including some of today's leading publishers, booksellers, authors, and free speech activists offers reflections on the vital role of books.

Texts and Lessons for Content-Area Reading - Heinemann

Today we're all expected to be “teachers of reading”—no matter what our subject area. With Texts and Lessons for Content-Area Reading, Harvey “Smokey ...

Why Do Informational Texts Matter? - Prestwick House

informational texts are more than just curriculum requirements—they're powerful tools for building the literacy skills needed to navigate an increasingly ...

What are "text sets," and why use them in the classroom?

Students gain both a broad perspective and an in-depth sense of the subject matter from reading many texts on the same topic.” Research has ...

Teaching Text Features | Reading Rockets

Authors use structural elements to organize information and ideas, and to highlight important parts of the text. As students advance to middle and high ...

Wolf Books & Printed Matter

At Wolf Books & Printed Matter we offer a collection of rare & out of print photography & art books.

Matter

Matter brings newsletters, feeds, and read-later into one beautiful interface. It's the ultimate reading client for the open web.

What Is Disciplinary Literacy and Why Does It Matter?

According to text- books aimed at teacher education in content area reading, the study skills that one would use to learn such terminology should be pretty much ...

7 Diverse Texts to Bolster Reading Lessons - Edutopia

Books that reflect the rich diversity of this country can teach upper elementary students important lessons about both identity and literacy.

Materials Matter: An Exploration of Text Complexity and Its Effects on ...

The current study provides exploratory evidence for features of text complexity affecting the type of comprehension processes middle school readers generate ...

Books Matter™ | Children's & Young Adult Literature - ADL

Books Matter™. Children's & Young Adult Literature · Filters · Filters · Sort · The Do More Club · Brilliant Bea: A Story for Kids With Dyslexia and Learning ...