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Shimek, Courtney; Dawes, Erika Thulin – Reading Teacher, 2023
Biographies are one of our best tools for diversifying the curriculum. In this article, we describe The Biography Clearinghouse, a free resource designed to inspire teachers to use high-quality biographies in their classrooms. We then elaborate on curricularĀ possibilities in K-8 classrooms. We end with a discussion of the Investigate, Explore, and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Curriculum Development, Biographies, Educational Resources
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Rachael VanDonkelaar – Reading Teacher, 2025
In the 21st century, fake news has detrimental consequences on global communities, relationships, and democracies. Unfortunately, youth unknowingly engage with misinformed content on their social media platforms. Teenagers often turn to social media for information, and it is essential that teachers address reading strategies such as sourcing to…
Descriptors: Secondary School Curriculum, Secondary School Teachers, Secondary School Students, Credibility
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Robertson, Dana A.; Padesky, Christopher James – Reading Teacher, 2020
Interest-based instruction involves attending to students' individual interests, including their existing topical interests, and triggering new situational interests, which can be cultivated during instruction. Understanding four teaching actions--approaching curricular planning intentionally, contextualizing learning, building relevance and value…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Student Interests, Teaching Methods
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Callow, Jon; Buch, Bettina – Reading Teacher, 2020
The International Literacy Association is a global advocacy organization, and literacy is viewed as a human right worldwide. This department highlights research and research-to-practice at the international level to bring global best teaching practices to the forefront. Topics may include best practices for literacy instruction in Europe or other…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Advocacy, Civil Rights, Literacy
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Ciecierski, Lisa M. – Reading Teacher, 2017
The Common Core State Standards bring the importance of connecting texts to the forefront by sharing that students must be able to "analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches authors take" (National Governors Association Center for Best Practices & Council…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Elementary School Students, Best Practices, Comparative Analysis
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Bintz, William P.; Wright, Pam; Sheffer, Julie – Reading Teacher, 2010
Developing and implementing relevant, challenging, integrative, and exploratory curriculum is critical at all levels of schooling. This article describes one attempt to develop and implement an instance of interdisciplinary curriculum by using copy change with trade books to teach earth science. Specifically, it introduces trade books as a way to…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Grade 5, Curriculum Development, Science Education
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Kelley, Joan G.; Lesaux, Nonie K.; Kieffer, Michael J.; Faller, S. Elisabeth – Reading Teacher, 2010
In urban middle schools, educators find it challenging to meet the literacy needs of the many struggling readers in their classrooms, including language-minority (LM) learners and students from low-income backgrounds. One strategy for improving these students' reading comprehension is to teach essential academic vocabulary in a meaningful,…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary, Vocabulary Development, Teaching Methods
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Moore, Jane; Whitfield, Vickie Fields – Reading Teacher, 2008
Teaching is a complex profession that involves grappling with a variety of management styles; federal, state, and local mandates; local policies and agendas; and informed curriculum practices that affect pedagogy. Teachers work in increasingly diverse schools, and they must be reflective practitioners to deal with the many social and educational…
Descriptors: Reflective Teaching, Teaching Methods, Government School Relationship, Legislation
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Winn, Deanna D. – Reading Teacher, 1988
Notes the importance of developing listening skills through direct instruction. Identifies specific listening skills and suggests how to teach them. Describes how both teachers and students can develop a listening skills curriculum. (MM)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Listening Skills, Skill Development
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Choate, Joyce S.; Rakes, Thomas A. – Reading Teacher, 1987
Offers classroom teachers a way to use listening activities to improve students' comprehension, a procedure that has worked well with a group of children in grades K-3. (JC)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Curriculum Development, Kindergarten Children, Listening Comprehension
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Kluth, Paula; Darmody-Latham, Julie – Reading Teacher, 2003
Notes that it is not unusual for students with autism to follow a different curriculum than the one offered to their classmates. Suggests the following strategies for designing lessons that are appropriate, appealing, and challenging for every learner in an inclusive classroom: recognize all literacies; capitalize on students' interests; use a…
Descriptors: Autism, Communication Skills, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
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Balajthy, Ernest – Reading Teacher, 1987
Discusses the need for and the problems with teaching keyboarding to elementary school students, and the types of software necessary for meaningful instruction. (JC)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
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Williams, Nancy L.; Bauer, Patricia T. – Reading Teacher, 2006
The current accountability movement has focused on academic achievement but has circumvented issues of motivation and authentic reading materials. Many educators have challenged this direction of the reading curriculum, particularly criticizing the narrowing of the curriculum, the continued focus of teaching to the tests, the overemphasis on…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Teacher Role, Teacher Collaboration, Cooperative Planning
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Au, Kathryn H.; And Others – Reading Teacher, 1990
Shares a curriculum framework based on six aspects of literacy: ownership, reading comprehension, writing process, word identification, language and vocabulary knowledge, and voluntary reading. Notes that this framework is consistent with a whole literacy approach, and includes an assessment system and provisions for accountability. (MG)
Descriptors: Accountability, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Reader Response
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Harste, Jerry – Reading Teacher, 1990
Summarizes key insights from the author's studies of literacy. Makes three recommendations which are designed to explore curriculum as a potential for language learning. (MG)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Curriculum Development, Early Childhood Education, Language Acquisition
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