Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In one classroom, students identified literal and nonliteral language: an exercise in labeling text features. Students defined the ...

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Educators don’t need to choose between building students’ knowledge and teaching reading comprehension strategies. The question isn’t whether to teach strategies—it’s how to do it and when. “Are we ...

I’ve shared many posts on reading instruction over the past 12 years. Today, four teachers share their favorite reading lessons. Two of today’s contributors, along with another veteran teacher, talked ...

There’s been a lot of concern about phonics instruction in recent months, sparked by an illuminating new audio documentary. But there’s another aspect of reading—comprehension—that is equally crucial, ...