Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Reading Moves: What Not to Do

The October 2014 Educational Leadership issue is all about "Instruction That Sticks".  One article titled Reading Moves:  What Not to Do discusses two moves the author, Richard Allington, feels need to be made in reading instruction.

The first move that Allington addresses is the overuse and misuse of oral reading.  The author maintains that the ultimate goal of literacy instruction is independent reading with good comprehension.

Another instructional move that should be changed is asking low-level questions.  Allington calls for literate conversations with peers and higher-order questioning from teachers both verbally and in written form.  

You can read the entire article HERE.




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