Language Comprehension
Our Language Comprehension Content Corner is dedicated to helping you support students as they build the essential skills for understanding spoken language—an essential prerequisite for understanding written language. Here, you’ll find resources that you can use to support read-aloud, vocabulary development, background knowledge, inferring, and more, enabling students to engage deeply and thoughtfully with a wide range of worthwhile texts.
Blog Posts
Teaching Turn and Talk Routines: Strong Starts for Strong Academic Conversation
We’re confident you’re already familiar with Turn and Talk; it’s perhaps one of the most widely known yet...
5 Vital Language Development Strategies for Every Classroom
Reading Comprehension Can’t Happen Without Language Comprehension Lately, we’ve noticed that some small but mighty practices for supporting...
Making Phonics and Word Study Meaning-FULL: 10 EASY Ways to Embed More Meaning Into Decoding Instruction
Effective phonics and word study instruction focus on the word-reading side of the learning to read equations. So,...
Developing Word Power: How to Teach Morphology
In this post, we offer a simple Morphology Lesson Planning Template that provides a systematic approach to integrating...
Decodable Texts Q&A (Part 4): What Else to Look For – The MEANING
Jan and Kari Jan Burkins and Kari Yates are authors, speakers, and consultants, who are dedicated to helping...
Adjustments to Small-Group Instruction (Part 2):What else is STILL IMPORTANT, and What else NEEDS RECONSIDERING?
Last week, we shared 5 adjustments that can help you bring small-group instruction for early decoders more in...
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