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Creating Spaces For Literacy, Creating Spaces For Learning, Christy M. Howard
Creating Spaces For Literacy, Creating Spaces For Learning, Christy M. Howard
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
This study represents the practices of a middle school social studies teacher as she focuses on integrating questioning, reading, and writing in her content area. This teacher uses literacy strategies to engage students in practices of reading multiple texts and writing to showcase learning. She creates opportunities for students to make connections to their learning, posing questions to enhance critical thinking and the use of multiple sources to support responses. Through these actions, she creates spaces for student reading, writing, and learning to occur.
Strengthening Tier 1 Elementary Reading Within A Multi-Tiered System Of Support, Carla N. Osborn
Strengthening Tier 1 Elementary Reading Within A Multi-Tiered System Of Support, Carla N. Osborn
Masters Theses
Training teachers about the foundational reading skills is an important step in creating students who are proficient readers. However, training is not enough. Teachers need support through instructional coaching. Even with coaching support, sustainability of these practices will be a challenge if systems are not in place throughout the district to support ongoing implementation. By combining the processes of creating a Multi-Tiered System of Support, reading training, and instructional coaching, sustainability of practices can be possible. Research does not currently exist as to whether the combination of these efforts has increased student achievement in reading at the elementary level. This …