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Reading and Knowledge in the Schools?!?! What will they think of next?? Schools are switching to curricula that "aim to systematically build students’ knowledge about the world," Joanne JacobsJoanne JacobsJoanne Jacobs1-3-2023Teaching reading
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Reading and Knowledge in the Schools?!?!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">What will they think of next??</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><b class=""><font size="5" class="">Schools are switching to curricula that "aim to systematically build students’ knowledge about the world,"</font></b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><img alt="pastedGraphic.png" apple-inline="yes" id="9854880A-DD1E-439A-B843-FA9AAB7538DC" class="" src="cid:DD16439B-9003-40B5-8D8F-C45182018137">Joanne JacobsJoanne Jacobs</p><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Joanne Jacobs</div><div style="margin: 0px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">1-3-2023</div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 16.1px; text-align: center; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class="">Teaching reading in high school</b></p><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; color: #0000e9" class=""><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/25/us/reading-literacy-memphis-tennessee.html__;!!KGKeukY!0T4RKsoXmxWXq7B6TiDswVahNH9dYfPO6XdysujvOpF2w7VnY1czZR-VdSVepb-uxmzL-ngeowL16dHcA6_y$" class="">Memphis high schools are teaching reading skills</a></span> to teenagers who didn't learn to read well in the early grades, reports Sarah Mervosh in the <i class="">New York Times</i>.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class="">Some need to learn basic phonics, she writes.</b> "Every student—including top performers—is learning to break down new vocabulary words, part by part."</p><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">With his new tools, Roderick studied “I Have a Dream,” the speech by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.—no longer skipping unfamiliar words, but instead circling them to discern their meaning.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Literacy is embedded in English, social studies and science classes.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Tennessee's <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.tn.gov/education/reading-360.html__;!!KGKeukY!0T4RKsoXmxWXq7B6TiDswVahNH9dYfPO6XdysujvOpF2w7VnY1czZR-VdSVepb-uxmzL-ngeowL16bjbYupJ$" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 233);" class="">Reading360</span></a> initiative doesn't just train teachers in the science of reading, writes Scott Langford, assistant director of schools in Sumner County, in Curriculum Matters. It <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://curriculummatters.org/2022/12/31/why-tennessee-should-be-the-national-model-for-literacy/__;!!KGKeukY!0T4RKsoXmxWXq7B6TiDswVahNH9dYfPO6XdysujvOpF2w7VnY1czZR-VdSVepb-uxmzL-ngeowL16fkNaXDd$" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 233);" class="">gives teachers curriculum tools</span></a><span style="text-decoration: underline" class="">.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class="">Furthermore, the state is training upper-grade teachers in reading science across all content areas, he writes. Teachers say the training is "</b><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://twitter.com/TN_Literacy/status/1519784257341861888?s=20&t=lToFziTpzbxalgNSnJHprQ__;!!KGKeukY!0T4RKsoXmxWXq7B6TiDswVahNH9dYfPO6XdysujvOpF2w7VnY1czZR-VdSVepb-uxmzL-ngeowL16frJ8yzS$" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 233);" class=""><b class="">incredibly beneficial</b></span></a><b class="">."</b></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">In Sumner County, using a more rigorous curriculum exposed the fact that "so many of our kids were guessing at words," writes Langford. But improving reading instruction in the early grades isn't enough. <b class="">Teachers were seeing reading problems in upper grades, until "our shift to knowledge-building curriculum."</b></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class="">His bottom line: Foundational skills are the easy (and important!) win; knowledge-building is harder.</b></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Schools spend a lot of time teaching comprehension skills and strategies, such as finding the main idea, but not nearly enough <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nataliewexler.substack.com/p/is-it-time-to-topple-the-five-pillars__;!!KGKeukY!0T4RKsoXmxWXq7B6TiDswVahNH9dYfPO6XdysujvOpF2w7VnY1czZR-VdSVepb-uxmzL-ngeowL16R2BFpkL$" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 233);" class="">teaching knowledge</span></a>, writes Natalie Wexler. For example, "kindergartners who got a <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nataliewexler.substack.com/p/new-data-shows-building-knowledge__;!!KGKeukY!0T4RKsoXmxWXq7B6TiDswVahNH9dYfPO6XdysujvOpF2w7VnY1czZR-VdSVepb-uxmzL-ngeowL16Tt3pPZS$" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 233);" class="">literacy curriculum grounded in science topics</span></a> had better reading comprehension" than similar students taught general comprehension skills, according to recent research.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">2022 was a big year in reading instruction, as <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/a-year-in-reading-instruction-7-developments-you-need-to-know/2022/12__;!!KGKeukY!0T4RKsoXmxWXq7B6TiDswVahNH9dYfPO6XdysujvOpF2w7VnY1czZR-VdSVepb-uxmzL-ngeowL16XfaDXoh$" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 233);" class="">states and districts climbed on the "science of reading" bandwagon</span></a>, writes Sarah Schwartz in <i class="">Education Week</i>. This part of her summary struck me: The "science of reading" isn't just about building a foundation. It includes "evidence-based strategies for teaching vocabulary, comprehension, text structure, and other skills and knowledge that students need to become skilled readers."</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class="">Schools are switching to curricula that "aim to systematically build students’ knowledge about the world, diving deeply into topics like the solar system or the civil rights movement by introducing them to lots of different texts on those topics," she writes. It seems to work.</b></p><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>