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Guiding Principles and Best Practices for Teaching and Learning Reading
- Students have the opportunity to read from a wide range of print and non-print sources to build an understanding of texts, of themselves, and the world.
- Students read a wide range of literature from many periods, genres, and cultures to build an understanding of the many dimensions (e.g., aesthetic, ethical, philosophical, and political) of human experience.
- Students use a variety of strategies (before, during and after reading) to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts.
- Student readers draw on their prior experience, their interactions with other readers and writers, their knowledge of language, and their understanding of textual and literary features.
- Students read for a variety of purposes, including: personal interest and pleasure, acquiring information, literary analysis, and adapting to social demands.
- Students use a variety of technological and information resources (e.g., libraries, databases, computer networks, video) to gather and synthesize information and to create and communicate knowledge.
- Teachers use explicit instruction to model reading strategies with mentor texts, think-aloud activities, writing-to-learn, and opportunities for individual practice and cooperative learning, gradually releasing responsibility so students acquire independence.
- Teachers provide a risk-free environment and create varied and flexible groupings where students can work together as reflective, creative, and responsible members of a learning community for reading instruction, literary discussion, and project-based assignments.
- Teachers share a common language to describe literary study and effective reading practices.
- Teachers choose readings and texts with real and meaningful purposes and encourage student selection of topics.
- Teachers reflect on their own practice in relation to student progress and modify and provide constructive and effective formative, summative, and on-going assessment of the needs and growth of students as readers.
- Teachers will incorporate an understanding of and respect for diversity in language use, patterns, and dialects across cultures, ethnic groups, geographic regions, and social roles.
- Teachers are supported through on-going professional development and access to resources for reading and literary instruction.
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