Monthly Archives: July 2017

Recently, I attended a workshop called “Reading to Learn for Fifth Grade” where I learned about the features of effective instruction that I wanted to share out with others who are teaching reading.  Now, this effective instruction may be for any content area, however I am putting this towards reading because that’s what I teach.Continue reading “Four Features of Effective Reading Instruction”

Source: Poverty and Education

How does poverty affect education?  For the past 10 years I have worked in low income schools that receive title I funds because of the socioeconomic demographics of the school.  And I started to realize and notice some misconceptions out there by others and sometimes even teachers that affect how we educate our students.  MyContinue reading “Poverty and Education”