Articles from May 2018

My Growth as a Future Teacher Through Meaningful Work at the Iowa Reading Research Center
Tuesday, May 29, 2018
Emily Crandall, Iowa Reading Research Center student assistant, reflects on how her job has provided valuable experience with literacy best practices and made her a better writer.

Teaching Writing Fluency Through Feedback and Progress Monitoring Toward Goals
Tuesday, May 15, 2018
A continued look at teaching writing fluency through timed practice, focusing on giving students’ immediate and corrective feedback, and monitoring student progress toward writing goals.

Using Timed Practice with Repeated Writings to Promote Sentence-Writing Fluency
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Writing fluently allows students to focus their thinking on more complex writing aspects. Help students improve this important skill using timed practice.