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3+ Years of Reading Gains in 8… 3+ Years of Reading Gains in 8 Months With Fast ForWord Jordyn Webster is just like any other 6th grader. She loves Taylor Swift, candy, and pink things—like the pink pineapple-shaped cup she recently “bought” from her teacher’s prize bin.  But the 11-year-old Nova Scotian is…
February 10, 2025 Kelly Denzler Filed Under: English Language ArtsBrain & Learning ScienceCarnegie Learning
Building Literacy Skills With Standards-Driven Instruction Building Literacy Skills With Standards-Driven Instruction Educators want to build strong literacy skills. Here's how to do it. In 2022, U.S. teenagers between the ages of 15 and 19 read an average of 12.6 minutes per day—a four-year high, up from…
July 12, 2024 Kelly Denzler Filed Under: English Language ArtsProfessional LearningTeaching Strategies
What Is Disciplinary Literacy and Why Is… What Is Disciplinary Literacy and Why Is It Important? I think we all have a drawer in our house containing useful bits of stuff that don’t really have a home. My husband refers to this drawer as the “kite string drawer” because where are…
June 03, 2024 Corey Humphrey Filed Under: English Language ArtsFuture ReadyTeaching Strategies
The Value of Building Background Knowledge The Value of Building Background Knowledge The leveled reading theory has been a widely accepted approach in education for years. But is it as effective as it claims to be?  This theory suggests that teachers should give students texts that are…
February 27, 2024 Megan Jensen Filed Under: English Language ArtsBrain & Learning ScienceLONG + LIVE + TEACHING
4 Reading Comprehension Strategies for Your Secondary… 4 Reading Comprehension Strategies for Your Secondary Students The science of reading is everywhere nowadays in classrooms and policy, and rightfully so. It is grounded in what we know about cognitive science. It works. However, trends—even the evidence-based ones—often come with extremes.  The…
February 07, 2024 Larisa Merriman-Raban Filed Under: English Language ArtsCarnegie LearningLONG + LIVE + TEACHINGTeaching Strategies
5 Improv Theater Games You Can Try… 5 Improv Theater Games You Can Try Today With Your Language Learners When I signed up for an improv theater class, I never thought of combining my passion for theater with my passion for teaching languages. But once I applied improv-inspired conversation games in the classroom, everything…
December 07, 2023 Natalia Álvarez-Morillo Filed Under: English Language ArtsCarnegie LearningTeaching Strategies
2023 Dyslexia Research Updates 2023 Dyslexia Research Updates October is Dyslexia Awareness Month, so you know what that means! It’s time to look at the new research and how teachers can use it to support their students with dyslexia. We’re highlighting three takeaways…
October 23, 2023 Karen Sloan Filed Under: English Language ArtsBrain & Learning ScienceCarnegie LearningLONG + LIVE + TEACHINGResearch
Fast ForWord Educator Still Going Strong 20… Fast ForWord Educator Still Going Strong 20 Years In Mary Albers, Educational Consultant for Fast ForWord® at Smoky Hill Education Service Center in Salina, Kansas, has been using the language and reading program Fast ForWord for 20 years. And she has no intention of stopping.  …
October 16, 2023 Emily Anderson, PhD Filed Under: English Language ArtsBrain & Learning ScienceCarnegie LearningEdTech
Use Reading and Writing Standards to Build… Use Reading and Writing Standards to Build Better ELA Assignments Let me start with a misleading stat. In 2018, TNTP partnered with five districts to observe nearly 1000 lessons and review nearly 22,000 samples of student work. They found that 71% of students succeeded in…
August 17, 2023 Megan Jensen Filed Under: English Language ArtsCarnegie LearningTeaching Strategies
How Fast ForWord Helps English Learners Build… How Fast ForWord Helps English Learners Build Literacy As a literacy teacher, you’re basically a superhero.  Helping students develop strong listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills may be rewarding, but it is also no small task. And chances are, you’re not just teaching…
August 10, 2023 Cory Armes, M.Ed. Filed Under: English Language ArtsCarnegie LearningTeaching Strategies
Breaking the Ice: 20 Activities for the… Breaking the Ice: 20 Activities for the First Day of School The first day of school is a whirlwind of excitement and possibilities. It's the perfect time to foster a sense of community and introduce activities that will set the tone for the rest of the year.…
August 08, 2023 Carnegie Learning Filed Under: English Language ArtsCarnegie LearningTeaching Strategies
Q&A: Natalie Wexler Revisits Reading Comprehension Q&A: Natalie Wexler Revisits Reading Comprehension Literacy educators have long scanned the horizon for the best updates to teaching reading comprehension, and ever since the science of reading has entered our field of vision, it’s pretty much all we can see–to…
June 23, 2023 Carnegie Learning Filed Under: English Language ArtsCarnegie LearningLONG + LIVE + TEACHING