Category: Literacy Strategies

An Antidote to Test Prep Season

Posted on 29.Jan.16 in Literacy Strategies

Lauren Bochicchio Beaver is a LightSail Instructional Coach who expends her boundless energy in LightSail classrooms around the country — and spends her free time trying out new workout classes! As… Read more

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5 Ways to Create a Class of Reading Stamina Superstars

Posted on 29.Jan.16 in Literacy Strategies

In What Really Matters for Struggling Readers (2012), Dr. Richard Allington discusses a “strong positive correlation between the amount of time teachers allot for silent reading during the school day… Read more

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Déjà New: How Old-School Literacy Goes High Tech

Posted on 29.Jan.16 in Literacy Strategies

As a teacher, literacy specialist, and school leader who went into ed tech, I often find that I am straddling two worlds. On one hand (foot?), I believe that well-designed… Read more

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Five Ways to Get Students Obsessed with Nonfiction

Posted on 29.Jan.16 in Literacy Strategies

We all agree kids who read more read better, acquire greater vocabularies and have stronger critical thinking skills. But we must also acknowledge that what they read is of equal importance.I recently… Read more

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Why I Love Diary of a Wimpy Kid – and You Should, Too

Posted on 29.Jan.16 in Literacy Strategies

“You can hide that, right?” principals will earnestly inquire. “Ugh, I hate that book!” many teachers will say while swiping through the LightSail library. I get it, I do. I,… Read more

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Poetry in the Classroom: Finding the Rhythm

Posted on 29.Jan.16 in Literacy Strategies

April is National Poetry Month, but if your students are anything like mine were, it can be tough to get them excited about reading poetry. For most of us, our very first… Read more

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Creating Powerful and Passionate Readers

Posted on 1.Feb.15 in Literacy Strategies

There was a shelf of books in our living room when I was growing up, and it contained all of my mom’s vintage Nancy Drew books. As a first grader… Read more

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