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Lesson Model Video: Flexible Strategy for Reading Big Words
In this video, this 4th grade teacher introduces a multi-step strategy for flexibly reading big words. Notice how the teacher enunciates clearly and has the students do the same to hear all the sounds in the word.
This lesson aligns to the CORE Teaching Reading Sourcebook HOW lesson, pp. 308-313.
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Lesson Model Video: QAR (Question-Answer Relationships)
In this video, the teacher introduces 5th grade students to the comprehension strategy, Question Answer Relationships (QAR). The teacher guides students through the process of deciding what the relationship is. Notice at the end how the teacher summarizes the four types of questions and sets them up for doing this again with their teacher.
This lesson aligns to the CORE Teaching Reading Sourcebook HOW lesson, pp. 702-710.
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CORE Academic Quarterly Newsletter, Spring 2017
Welcome to the Spring 2017 edition of the CORE Academic Quarterly newsletter!
In the Leadership Corner section, we provide an overview of an excellent new book, The Internal Coherence Framework, which presents a systemic approach for developing the conditions for continuous improvement in schools.
In the Marvelous Mathematician, we address the importance of teaching math vocabulary.
In the Reading Expert, we conclude our ongoing conversation about reading intervention with a review of a recent report titled, “What is the evidence base to support reading interventions for improving student outcomes in grades 1-3?”
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CORE Academic Quarterly Newsletter, Winter 2017
Welcome to the Winter 2017 edition of the CORE Academic Quarterly newsletter!
In this second of a two-part series on reading interventions, we will continue the discussion around new developments in the intervention research and how they can be applied to the work in your schools.
In the Reading Expert section of the Fall 2016 issue, we addressed some advances in reading comprehension interventions. In this issue, we discuss some advances in interventions for word-level reading.
In the Marvelous Mathematician, we tackle moving math knowledge into students’ long-term memory.
In the CORE Leadership Corner, we promote a new website that provides independent curriculum review of a variety of ELA (grades 3-8) and math programs.
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CORE Academic Quarterly Newsletter, Fall 2016
Don’t miss the latest CORE Academic Quarterly newsletter!
In the Reading Expert column of this issue, you will find the first of a two-part series on reading interventions, where we discuss some new developments in the intervention research and how this can be applied to your schools. In this issue, we address some advances in interventions for reading comprehension.
In the Marvelous Mathematician column, we tackle addressing language barriers for English learners in mathematics.
The Leadership Corner provides four great resources for improving reading instruction.
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