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Promoting Literacy: Cultivate a Reading Culture

Catlin Tucker

It asks them to list 4-5 books they would like to read using various resources such as Goodreads book lists, Scholastic lists, local libraries, classroom libraries, or online book sources, like Epic Books or Lexia. Reading logs are a controversial topic. Silent Sustained Reading Routine.

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Teaching Lessons I Learned From Mom

ED Surge

We didn’t have to go further than the daily news to hear of school board meetings, classrooms, grocery stores and libraries being impacted by political polarization in our country. I remember my childhood as a time of mutual exploration, where you encouraged us to discuss any manner of potentially controversial topics.

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Building Vocabulary to Improve Reading

Digital Promise

Word Generation introduces new words by embedding them in brief texts about controversial issues of interest to many adolescents, such as steroid use among athletes, legalization of euthanasia, and censorship of libraries and popular music.

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Building Vocabulary to Improve Reading

Digital Promise

Word Generation introduces new words by embedding them in brief texts about controversial issues of interest to many adolescents, such as steroid use among athletes, legalization of euthanasia, and censorship of libraries and popular music.

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OPINION: Our schools must figure out a way to teach this presidential election

The Hechinger Report

Discussion of controversial topics is now a core subject in their efforts, along with teaching media literacy and giving students the opportunity to engage in hands-on civic engagement projects. iCivics’ free videos and guides on teaching controversial topics will help you build a safe and respectful learning environment.