by jwright | Jun 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
Vocabulary Instructional Commitment Use a Core Set of Strategies: Alphablocks Once critical vocabulary has been identified for each unit of study, it is much easier to match a strategy to the learning goal. Whether you develop a short or long list of words, you will...
by jwright | May 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
Vocabulary Development as we know it today is entirely different from what you likely encountered in school. Today we have a much more solid grasp on how students come to understand and fluently use new words. To maximize retention, students need multiple exposures to...
by jwright | May 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
When I was a teenager, I attended a boarding school in Denmark. I did not speak Danish, and I vividly recall the confusion and isolation I felt as a result. I had no idea what people were saying and was unable to decipher the written language around me. It was...
by smcneely | Jan 11, 2021 | Blog
This post has been updated from its original 2012 publish date. I recently stumbled across a quote that, for me, sums up so perfectly the Common Core State Standards and how they demand a more focused and rigorous classroom approach to prepare students as competitive...
by aperkins | Jan 8, 2021 | Blog
This blog post has been updated from its original version posted in 2013. What makes a text complex? Is it the structure? Is it sentence length? Is it student motivation? Text complexity takes into account all of these characteristics and more. If we know that one...
by rodaniel | Jun 10, 2020 | Blog
For the first time, CTL will actively participate in the “Give For Good Louisville” Campaign. The Community Foundation of Louisville is committed to its focus on being a force for good and has built a wonderful platform that promotes giving back to our city and the...
by jwright | May 5, 2020 | Blog
Imagine this: You’re walking down the hallways of a bustling school building (I know, kind of hard to imagine in this Covid-19 era), but stick with me for a minute. As you’re walking, you pass by several classrooms, some are noisy, some are quiet, some have kids...
by rodaniel | Apr 3, 2020 | Blog
Looking at the weeks ahead, especially if you are not a edTech guru and/or your students aren’t accustomed to using, processing, and expressing their learning on X platform or Y application, you may feel overwhelmed or ill-equipped with the task of designing quality...
by aperkins | Sep 11, 2019 | Blog
Name this show. “Take a look. It’s in a book…” The title of the show presents itself in the next line of the song. We hear of “A Reading Rainbow” that promises readers we can go anywhere and be anything. When Reading Rainbow® aired in 1983, it was in response to...
by ewilson | Aug 21, 2019 | Blog
Have you met Jerome? You should. When we unpack the new Artful Reading module, The Right Word, and teachers read Peter H. Reynolds’ picture book, The Word Collector for the first time, they all, without fail, meet Jerome and fall in love. Why do they fall in love?...
