Every Student, Every Day

A passionate literacy researcher, Richard Allingtion, shows that the best way to motivate and accelerate reading growth is to have every student, every day do the following:

• read accurately;
• read something they have selected;
• understand what they have read;
• talk to others about their reading and writing;
• write something that is meaningful; and
• listen to a fluent adult read aloud;

Simple, yet how do we fit that into our reading block. Some suggestions that are aligned to Common Core are:

• talk to students about how their work is meaningful to them
• talk to students about their book choices
• listen to students as they talk purposeful