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ADDED: August 2026- Text Set & Core Text Selection EKC Padlet

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ADDED: August 2026- Text Set & Core Text Selection EKC Padlet

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https://www.ldatschool.ca/writing-rope-framework-evidence-informed-writing-instruction/

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https://www.amazon.sg/dp/1946873063?ref_=mr_referred_us_sg_sg

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Session 1:  Applying Cognitive Load Theory to Literacy

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Session 1:  Applying Cognitive Load Theory to Literacy

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Beyond the Science of Reading: Connecting Literacy Instruction to the Science of Learning

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Amazon.com: Beyond the Science of Reading: Connecting Literacy Instruction to the Science of Learning: 9781416633563: Wexler, Natalie: Books

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Harnessing the Science of Learning [Swain, Nathaniel] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Harnessing the Science of Learning

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Judith C. Hochman (Author), Natalie Wexler (Author), Kathleen Maloney Doug Lemov (Foreword) & 1 more

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The Writing Revolution 2.0: A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing in All Subjects and Grades

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Amazon.com: The Writing Revolution 2.0: A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing in All Subjects and Grades: 9781394182039: Hochman, Judith C., Wexler, Natalie, Maloney, Kathleen, Lemov, Doug: Books

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Writing is a task as complex and multifaceted as reading-but it's often taught as a single skill. Discover how to plan and deliver comprehensive, explicit, and evidence-based writing instruction with this groundbreaking book, aligned with IDA's Structured Literacy approach and based on the latest research.: critical thinking, syntax (sentences), text structure, writing craft, and transcription (spelling and handwriting). Teachers of Grades 4-8 will get crystal-clear guidelines that demystify the process of helping students learn to write and write to learn across academic content areas. And with dozens of included templates, handouts, and other resources-available for download online-teachers will have all the tools they need to design and deliver explicit, high-quality writing instruction.

Joan Sedita's innovative Writing Rope weaves multiple skills and strategies into five fundamentals of a comprehensive writing curriculum

Perfect for professional development, this invaluable planning guide will help teachers apply the science of reading to the skill of writing-and help students master a critically important aspect of literacy.

TEACHERS WILL:

Learn the fundamentals of effective writing instruction. Get research-based background knowledge about writing development, the five components of the Writing Rope framework, the role of fluent transcription skills in proficient writing, and the intentional choices proficient writers make about writing craft.

Apply evidence-based practices in the classroom. Teach essential skills all students must learn to become proficient writers, focusing on critical thinking strategies for generating ideas and gathering information before writing, strategies for each stage of the writing process, syntactic awareness and sentence writing, paragraph writing, and skillful structuring of different types of text.

Help students "write to learn." Teach students how to use writing to enhance their learning across different content areas. Learn how to plan effective writing assignments in different content areas, and explicitly teach students skills for summarizing texts and writing about narrative and expository text.
PRACTICAL MATERIALS : Apply the Writing Rope framework to support your students' writing skills with classroom activities, Connect to Your Classroom questions, suggestions for scaffolding, a Writing Assignment Guide to use with any grade or content area, and 40+ reproducible instructional resources for students and teachers.

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The Writing Rope: A Framework for Explicit Writing Instruction in All Subjects

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Writing is a task as complex and multifaceted as reading-but it's often taught as a single skill. Discover how to plan and deliver comprehensive, explicit, and evidence-based writing instruction with this groundbreaking book, aligned with IDA's Structured Literacy approach and based on the lates...

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janelobseyeducation@gmail.com

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The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America's Broken Education System--and How to Fix it

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The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America's Broken Education System-and How to Fix it [Wexler, Natalie] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America's Broken Education System-and How to Fix it

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https://www.amazon.sg/Just-Tell-Them-Explanations-Explicit/dp/103600368X

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Disciplinary Literacy - Keys to Literacy

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As students advance through middle and high school grades, the required level of literacy skills increases significantly to meet the growing demands of reading and writing in different content areas. Students need to be able to understand the language used in school texts that becomes increasingly complex and specialized. This post focuses on what is frequently described as disciplinary literacy – what it is, how it is different from basic reading skills and content literacy (i.e., general reading skills and strategies), and the role that content area teachers can play in helping students develop the literacy skills needed to support content learning.

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What is Disciplinary Literacy and Why Does it Matter?

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What is Disciplinary Literacy and Why Does it Matter?

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What is Disciplinary Literacy and Why Does it Matter

Cynthia Shanahan & Timothy Shanahan

Recently, it has been proposed that schools teach disciplinary literacy in science, mathematics, history, and literature classes as students move into middle school and high school. A disciplinary literacy approach emphasizes the specialized knowledge and abilities possessed by those who create, communicate, and use knowledge within each of the disciplines. This article compares disciplinary literacy with the more widely emphasized approach known as content area literacy and provides an analysis of the growing research base underlying the disciplinary literacy construct.

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What is Disciplinary Literacy and Why Does it Matter

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This article compares disciplinary literacy with the more widely emphasized approach known as content area literacy and provides an analysis of the growing research base underlying the disciplinary literacy construct.

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https://www.themarginalian.org/2018/06/01/be-still-life-ohara-hale/

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Sidewalk Flowers by JonArno Lawson and Sydney Smith

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Sidewalk Flowers by JonArno Lawson and Sydney Smith

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https://www.themarginalian.org/2015/03/17/sidewalk-flowers/

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https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fall-leaves-loretta-holland/1118417758

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Exploring our world is fun! Abby Brown loves to help kids have fun while learning! In this segment, Abby teaches examples and nonexamples of…

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Phenology for Kids: Exploring Nature-Based Learning Opportunities

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Phenology is the study of the seasonal changes in plants and animals. It is a fascinating area of science that can help children better understand the world around them. By observing nature and tra…

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Why do leaves change colour in the Fall?

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Why do leaves change colour in the Fall?

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Judith Hochman: Writing the way to better reading

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Judith Hochman: Writing the way to better reading

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S9 E11: Writing the way to better reading, with Judith Hochman, Ed.D.

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Tập podcast · Science of Reading: The Podcast · 26/02/2025 · 40ph

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Read Works

Common Lit

Derigible Balloon (poetry)

Academy of American Poets (poetry)

Lit2Go (pdf and audio)

Learning for justice (texts for teaching tolerance)

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PBS Kids

TED Talks

Kids Discover Infographics

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Here are some favorite websites for finding grade level texts connected to classroom learning:

ReadWorks

Dirigible balloon (poetry)

Wonderopolis

Commonlit

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Museum websites are a great tool for allowing students to explore real-world informational writing.

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Best Museum Apps and Websites for Students | Common Sense Education

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Best Museum Apps and Websites for Students is a list of 19 apps, games, and websites curated by Common Sense Education editors.

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(writing framework)https://thinksrsd.com/about-srsd/

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think SRSD (self-regulated strategy development)

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Understand the key characteristics of SRSD that make it a deeply structured and evidence-based approach to teaching writing. Transform your classroom today.

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Natalie Wexler, education journalist and author of "The Knowledge Gap," hosts the inaugural series of our new podcast, Reading Comprehension Revisited.

In six short (~30-minute) episodes, Natalie tackles crucial questions such as, why do students from low-income backgrounds typically score lower on reading tests? Why do improvements in the early grades fade out as students advance to higher levels? And most significantly, why haven't substantial investments in education reform delivered expected results?

The answer lies in a longstanding misunderstanding about reading comprehension itself, and how students learn to make meaning from texts. Over six episodes, you'll learn what research tells us about how children really learn to read, and you'll hear from educators from around the country as they share their experiences of embedding knowledge-building into their literacy instruction, and the powerful effects this change has had on their students.
Episode 1: "Kids were bored to death"
June 28, 2023 - Despite substantial investments in education reform, the US remains in the grip of a decades-long reading crisis. But why? With the help of teachers and researchers, host Natalie Wexler introduces the urgent need to revisit our approach to reading comprehension.
Episode 2: "A simple way of looking at a complex problem"
June 28, 2023 - Thanks to tireless efforts by researchers, advocates, and educators, the importance of systematically teaching decoding is finally being recognized. But, as you'll hear, there's far more to reading than decoding, and more we need to do to help our kids become truly literate.
Episode 3: "That cloud looks like an anvil"
July 5, 2023 - Abby Boruff, Deloris Fowler, and Kyair Butts teach different ages and subjects, in different parts of the country. When their schools adopted knowledge-building curricula they were skeptical, but the dramatic results they saw in their classrooms helped change their minds.
Episode 4: "Now they had something to write about"
July 12, 2023 - It's hard to read about a topic you don't have knowledge about, but it's virtually impossible to write about it. By having students write about content they're learning about, knowledge-building curricula boost both writing ability and learning in general.
Episode 5: "Everything was in silos"
July 19, 2023 - To become fully literate, many students need a curriculum that builds knowledge in a logical, coherent way across grade levels, and only a leader can put that kind of system in place. Meet Brent Conway and Dr. LaTonya Goffney, two leaders who did exactly that.
Episode 6: "Think what a better society we'll have"
July 26, 2023 - American education has a number of serious problems - and our failure to start building kids' knowledge early is a fundamental one. But there are ways to ensure that the growing trend toward knowledge-building curriculum takes root and spreads.

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Natalie Wexler, education journalist and author of "The Knowledge Gap," hosts the inaugural series of our new podcast, Reading Comprehension Revisited. In six short (~30-minute) episodes, Natalie tackles crucial questions such as, why do students from low-income backgrounds typically score lower on reading tests?

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Developing a Knowledge Rich Curriculum (Nathaniel Swain)

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Building Background Knowledge Through Reading: Rethinking Text Sets

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Building Background Knowledge Through Reading: Rethinking Text Sets

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Lupo et al Building Background Knowledge through Text Sets

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Morphology Lesson Methodology - Planning

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Shifting the Balance Morphology Lesson Planner

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Shifting the Balance Morphology Lesson Planner

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Engage with the Page (from Fiona Hamilton)

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Engage with the Page (from Fiona Hamilton)

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People collect things…Jerome collected words. Watch as Fiona, Lauren and Angela walk you through this great resource. Click on the icons in the Thinglink below to make these ideas your own.