November 18, 2016

Readings are of a much higher quality when they are made from stories about Invisibles. In fact, the readings are so compelling that I now believe that in first-year classes, we should stop our forced marches, stop plowing through leveled readers, or novels, or knocking ourselves out trying to make whole-class novels comprehensible and fun, […]

Hi Ben, I was asked about assessment by my beginning teacher supervisor/coach. He suggested having students write and apply 3 or four language structures about the story. Then take data how many students “Got it” and how many “didn’t.” Below is my email response. Hi Chris, I had the long weekend to contemplate the role