Category: Student Agency

  • #4: Make the Shift to Asset-Based Thinking

    #4: Make the Shift to Asset-Based Thinking

    This is the fourth post in the Building a Reading Community blog series to kick off the 2022-23 school year. All posts in the series can be found here. One of the more powerful things a teacher can do to both positively build a reading community and enhance teaching and learning is to embrace the mind shift of…

  • #2: Make Use of Browsing Boxes From the Start

    #2: Make Use of Browsing Boxes From the Start

    This is the second post in the Building a Reading Community blog series to kick off the 2022-23 school year. All posts in the series can be found here. Choice and access to a classroom library full of books is an incredibly joyous, central part of thriving classroom reading community. Getting books into students’ hands…

  • #1: Learn About and Celebrate Your Students

    #1: Learn About and Celebrate Your Students

    This is the first post in the Building a Reading Community blog series to kick off the 2022-23 school year. All posts in the series can be found here. Before diving in to the academics of the school year, prioritize learning more about your students as the full and complete people they are. All students…

  • Sneak Peek at Chapter #5: How Do I Shift Agency to Students, Engaging and Empowering Them as Readers?

    The fifth chapter in Answers to Your Biggest Questions About Teaching Elementary Reading discusses how teachers can make a shift from a teacher-centered reading classroom to a student-centered one. “Agency refers to people making their own independent choices and acting of their own free will to complete tasks and solve problems. In the reading classroom agency is…