Reading Quote #28: Comprehension Checks
Here's how to check for comprehension without interfering with flow... ... while keeping reading joyful.
Reading Quote #27: SSR Reading Poster
Put this poster on each wall of your classroom if you and your students are new to extensive reading (FVR, SSR), especially if you are teaching reluctant readers. It will help both you and them to focus on what you are doing. Download a printable version here: DEAR STUDENTS [...]
Reading Quote #26: Must-Haves for Extensive Reading (SSR)
Here's how to do Extensive Reading, aka SSR, FVR, independent reading .
Reading Quote #25: Boring & Ineffective
The way we've been teaching reading isn't engaging students. Let me show you some other ways to do it: contact@brycehedstrom.com
NEW BOOK: #YO TAMBIÉN
#YO TAMBIÉN, by Theresa Jensen, is another novel that tugs at your heart. As she did with Luisany puede, Jensen once again puts the reader into the story emotionally. With deceptively simple language, she manages to tell a story that rings profoundly true. Both the language and the emotions [...]
Reading Quote #20: Vocabulary Acquisition is Incremental
Find free reading materials on Storylabs, an online library for language learning. Access their free materials here: https://www.storylabs.online/freebies. The stories on Storylabs have accompanying audio, online and printable activities, as well as usage tracking so teachers can hold their students accountable. The text of these stories cannot be copied, [...]