M Is Not For Picture Clues

"Within the complex view of reading, decoding and processing text for understanding are taught simultaneously because authentic text does not exist without meaning, structure and visual information. "

Setting Students up for Fluent Reading

Supporting our students with becoming fluent readers is vital to improving their comprehension of texts.  Our job is to help our readers use appropriate intonation, pay attention to punctuation marks, and read words together in meaning phases.  We do not want our readers to sound like reading is a lot of laborious work. Fluency will …

Worthwhile Professional Learning Opportunity

A while back we posted on the importance of making professional learning a priority.  Sometimes we have to seek our own worthwhile professional learning opportunities. We would like to take a quick minute to share about a conference coming up this month that we feel provides professional learning that you won't want to pass up.  …