Teaching Unscripted

Explicit instruction turns talking and writing from classroom routine into real engines of comprehension. Talking and writing is most powerful when we teach students how to build a discussion, how to choose what matters, how to jot a note that's worth revisiting, how to shape a written response with purpose.

Planning for the demands of a text starts with assessing the text itself. Jennifer Serravallo breaks down how every text makes its own demands on a reader and how to approach it.

Our students' attention has changed, and there's research behind why. Jennifer Serravallo breaks down the active view of reading and how we can explicitly teach stamina and focus .

Este post presenta una lección de En comunidad que invita a reflexionar sobre los pasos para enseñar un tema de justicia social. El objetivo es que los estudiantes aprendan sobre el tema a través de fuentes primarias y secundarias y comprendan las políticas que lo respaldan.

The five elements Jennifer Serravallo considers every time she plans a comprehension lesson. Learn more about background knowledge, vocabulary, writing about reading, strategies and prompts, and conversation.

Making small shifts in language, student grouping, partnerships, and classroom practices are a starting point for creating a safer, more inclusive environment for all students.

With calming sounds, clear visuals, and limited digital distractions, we create spaces that help everyone breathe and focus. Learn about the research on blue light effects and the power of tech-free breaks.

Nosotras consideramos la intersección entre la raza, el género, la clase, la sexualidad, la habilidad, las prácticas lingüísticas y el estatus migratorio al aprender sobre la marginalización de los estudiantes latines tanto en las aulas bilingües y multilingües como en las monolingües.

Why is long-form reading more difficult than short form—or extractive text? To really change our thinking, we need sustained contact with something novel or foreign or uncomfortable.

Discover how Do The Math's assessment system helps educators improve math intervention outcomes through accurate placement, progress monitoring, and actionable reporting.

When you suspect or discover that a student has used AI without disclosing it, follow these suggestions from Meenoo Rami's A Teacher's Guide to Using AI.

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Heinemann is please that Moonlit Mountain Readers are now officially included in the UFLI Foundations Decodable Text Guide. Read the press release.

Systems that make sense for your classroom will help students feel more capable and help you feel more prepared and productive. Here are some quick, teacher-tested ways to keep things simple and smooth.

To reflect the identities and experiences of LGBTQ+ students, reflect on ways that well-intended ideas can inadvertently reinforce heteronormative practices in schools.

El translenguaje aborda las prácticas lingüísticas y la pedagogía. Es utilizar y valorar todo el repertorio lingüístico de una persona multilingüe, en lugar de limitarse estrictamente a un solo lenguaje.

How do we turn debates into productive conversations? In discussions, the goal is to learn from each other so that by the end, everyone has moved closer to each other.