Articles from September 2016

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The Importance of Active Reading

Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Active reading allows students to build reading skills. Learn steps teachers can take to help students experience success with independent active reading.
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Waterloo CSD’s Hanna highlights universal screening as crucial to reading instruction

Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Universal screening allows for explicit and focused literacy instruction without assumptions, says Waterloo Community School District's Darren Hanna.
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Inference Making: The Key to Advanced Reading Development

Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Inference making, or the ability to connect information across a text, is a key reading comprehension skill. Learn ways to help students make inferences.
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The Importance of Phonics Instruction for All Students

Tuesday, September 6, 2016
English words can be difficult to decode, emphasizing the need to teach phonics skills to all students so they may experience reading success.