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Daniel Buck – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2024
The conventional wisdom among educators and literacy gurus is that reading comprehension depends on the acquisition of isolatable, teachable, and generalizable skills. Consequently, many elementary and middle school English classrooms follow the "reading workshop" model, an approach to literacy instruction, with several variations that…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills, Educational Practices
Jacobson, Julie; Johnson, Kelly; Lapp, Diane – Guilford Publications, 2011
This teacher-friendly guide is packed with motivating lessons designed to improve the content learning and literacy skills of English language learners (ELLs) in K-8. Offering research-supported strategies that teachers can implement immediately, the book explains how to use content-area texts to support ELLs' growth in five crucial areas:…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods, Elementary Education