Getting Back to the Page & Staying There
Reading is all about knowledge; it’s not just for practice.
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Bad with Names: Why Proper Names Deserve Instructional Attention
Rare words typically make up only 5% or less of the total words in texts, but it’s often these words that get students anxious about reading.
A Whole New World of Vocabulary Instruction
Words are not only a means of communicating, but a foundation of learning.
Not All Rare Words Are Sesquipedalian!
A small part of the English vocabulary accounts for the majority of the words in the texts students read across the grades – but some of the words may surprise you.
Multi-Level Text Sets: Leveling the Playing Field or Sidelining Struggling Readers?
It’s a compelling idea—a set of texts on the same topic but with different text complexity levels. With a range of texts on the same… Read More »Multi-Level Text Sets: Leveling the Playing Field or Sidelining Struggling Readers?
Elfrieda H. Hiebert–Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND Ph.D., Department of Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, August 1979 Advanced Graduate Study, Elementary Education, Arizona State University, 1974-76 M.Ed., Elementary Education,… Read More »Elfrieda H. Hiebert–Curriculum Vitae
TextProject Answers: Beginning Reading
Freddy Hiebert answers a collection of frequently asked questions on the topic of Beginning Reading.
Narrative Benchmark books
Freddy adds contemporary benchmark books to those already identified by Jeanne Chall and the CCSS.
Teach
Teach is a verb meaning to show, explain, instruct and generally impart knowledge to someone. Teaching can occur in a formal setting such as a lecture class, or in a casual exchange between a father and son, perhaps as they repair a car or fish off a pier.
Show
In a classroom, students may be asked to show how they solved a math problem. Teachers may show students how to use microscopes correctly. The word show can be used as a verb or as a noun.