What do teachers and curriculum directors mean by 'value' reading? A look at the practice of most schools suggests that when a school 'values' reading what it really means is that the school intensely focuses on raising state-mandated reading test scores- the kind of reading our students will rarely, if ever, do in adulthood.
Teach your students real-world writing purposes, add a teacher who models his or her struggles with the writing process, throw in lots of real-world … - Kelly Gallagher
Teach your students real-world writing purposes, add a teacher who models his or her struggles with the writing process, throw in lots of real-world …
- Kelly Gallagher
What do teachers and curriculum directors mean by 'value' reading? A look at the practice of most schools suggests that when a school 'values' readin… - Kelly Gallagher
What do teachers and curriculum directors mean by 'value' reading? A look at the practice of most schools suggests that when a school 'values' readin…
Want to extinguish an adolescent's curiosity? Cover as much material as possible. - Kelly Gallagher
Want to extinguish an adolescent's curiosity? Cover as much material as possible.
To become a lifelong reader, one has to do a lot of varied and interesting reading. - Kelly Gallagher
To become a lifelong reader, one has to do a lot of varied and interesting reading.
Shouldn't schools be the place where students interact with interesting books? Shouldn't the faculty have an ongoing laser-like commitment to put goo… - Kelly Gallagher
Shouldn't schools be the place where students interact with interesting books? Shouldn't the faculty have an ongoing laser-like commitment to put goo…
I am not simply teaching the reading; I am teaching the reader. - Kelly Gallagher
I am not simply teaching the reading; I am teaching the reader.
I also talk a lot in Deeper Reading about the importance that confusion plays. When my students come to me, they think confusion is bad. They are wro… - Kelly Gallagher
I also talk a lot in Deeper Reading about the importance that confusion plays. When my students come to me, they think confusion is bad. They are wro…
Authentic interest is generated when students are given the opportunity to delve deeply into an interesting idea. - Kelly Gallagher
Authentic interest is generated when students are given the opportunity to delve deeply into an interesting idea.
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