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Blast from the Past: This entry first appeared on March 11, 2023, and is being reissued on July 25, 2026. The reason for bringing it back is due to the great loss of instruction that has occurred since the COVID disaster. Chronic absenteeis...
Teacher question: I just read your piece on how you would schedule reading instruction, and while it was helpful, I'd love to hear more about what that looks like at the middle school level. Specifically, how much do you think it is the middle school English teacher’s responsibility to cover fluency. I recently attended a Science of Comprehension Symposium and Doug Lemov shared fantastic, practical videos of secondary teachers doing wonderful whole group fluency work. How much time should be devoted to fluency (we have an 80-minute ELA block)? Shanahan response: Great ques...
Blast from Past: This blog first posted on October 9 and 16, 2021, and was reposted on June 6, 2026. The original was issued in two parts over two weeks. Those pieces have been combined here. That, along with some minor text revisions and u...
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