All On-Your-Feet Guide orders receive FREE SHIPPING! Use code SHIPOYFG at check out. We know from research and classroom experience that there's a strong correlation between students' vocabulary and reading comprehension (see, for instance a NAEP study from 2009-2011. Further, we know that students who have rich independent reading lives have large, diverse vocabularies and a wide range of background knowledge to bring to reading, thinking, speaking, writing, and analyzing texts (Beck, McKeown, and Kucan, 2013; Blachowicz and Fisher, 2006). However, the reality is that you and I...

All On-Your-Feet Guide orders receive FREE SHIPPING! Use code SHIPOYFG at check out. Once your students are comfortable with the short exchange of ideas during turn-and-talk and with longer partner discussions, it's the ideal time to introduce and practice small group discussions that students lead. Such discussions develop students' engagement and motivation to read especially when they compose discussion questions and take turns using prompts that maintain the momentum of the discussion. When groups of four to six students have 10-20 minute discussions, they practice teamwork,...