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Birmingham: It is amazing how important it is to give our students options. It can mean the difference between a lifetime of loving reading and a lifetime of hating it. #CSUSMMiddleLevel28

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Birmingham: I wish I had more qualitative data about people similar to Jenny who might not have had any accommodating teachers and have fallen through the cracks as a result. #CSUSMMiddleLevel28

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Gouvea & Simonson: If I were to ever teach math, I would create a simplified version of "How to Read Mathematics for students. SO many kids need this. #CSUSMMiddleLevel28

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Lauer&Wilhelm: "Think-alouds are also a great way to model expert processes of problem solving, reading, and
composing and therefore to develop and apply—
you guessed it—pedagogical content knowledge." Method to model higher order thinking across disciplines. #CSUSMMiddleLevel28

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Cummins: When I was an aide in a 5th grade classroom, I saw how much students love reading about real-world scientists. While the students learned academic language and science content, the most noticeable result was how inspired some of them were about STEM. #CSUSMMiddleLevel28

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Sparks: this reminds me of the differing philosophical schools of thought on education: should curriculum focus on liberal education, or narrowed & specific vocational skills? I feel most educators would agree that students could benefit from practical skills.#CSUSMMiddleLevel28

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Correnti Et al.: Preparing students for cognitively demanding writing can be tough because students must learn to move beyond simply regurgitating information. While students need these skills for college, they rarely get them in k-12. #CSUSMMiddleLevel28

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Beers ch.9: The eight suggestions for vocab practice are especially helpful and can be used across disciplines. #CSUSMMiddleLevel28

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"What Makes Lit Engaging": Literary tasks are more effective when they allow students to engage in Higher order thinking and are in supportive and collaborative environments. #CSUSMMiddleLevel28

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Coombs & Howard: Have students set reading goals so they can self-assess and grow as effective readers.#CSUSMMiddleLevel28

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Fagan: The three intervention strategies that are built for EL students will benefit so many other students as well. With these scaffolds, students will change their approach to reading. #CSUSMMiddleLevel28

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Wiliam: Instead of insisting that a student should possess the skills to do something based on their grade level, figure out what the student knows and go from there. Simply saying, "should know how to do this", is not effective feedback. #CSUSMMiddleLevel28

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Gartland & Smolkin: As a self-proclaimed master of code-switching, I appreciate the idea of thinking "new ways of talking about language". Understand that language is utilized differently in depending on setting and apply that to grammar instruction. #CSUSMMiddleLevel28

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"Boys Can Write!": One way to help boys realize that writing is a "guy thing" is by giving them lit written by men. Find lit that interests them and allow them to write about their interests. #CSUSMMiddleLevel28

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Nilsen & Nilsen- When I was in k-12, anything with Greek/Latin roots was interesting to me because I learned to pick apart words to learn their definitions. Teaching Latin roots using Harry Potter books would be so interesting and engaging for students. #CSUSMMiddleLevel28

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Beers Ch. 5- The activities for helping students make inferences seem like great ideas. The activities make the process of inference more tangible so students can develop a deep understanding of what it means to infer.

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Beers Ch. 4- Teachers may have to sacrifice time dedicated to teaching content in order to teach reading strategies. It will pay off later! #CSUSMMiddleLevel28

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Beers Ch.2- The issue with struggling readers is not the actual struggle, it is the reaction that the readers have when they begin to struggle. #CSUSMMiddleLevel28

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Beers Ch.2- Aliterate students: Reluctant readers who can read, but don't. Students would likely enjoy reading, given that it was something that interested them. This. Was. Me. #CSUSMMiddleLevel28

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Lenters- A common theme that I have seen in many of our readings, including this one, is the power of choice in reading material. Let kids read stuff that interests them. #CSUSMMiddleLevel28