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S1-08. Evidence-based literacy practice in the classroom: Tim Shanahan

Science of Reading: The Podcast

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The Middle School ELA Teacher

The ELA department has a big role to play in teaching general reading strategies and helping kids with language generally in text. But you also have this specialized responsibility for things like a literary close read. A lot of times the ELA teachers are the ones who get the lowest readers or given responsibilities for, you know, perhaps they get a class or two of kids who are just struggling readers. And so they really have some incredible power to make a big difference in these kids' lives.

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