8.26.21 Amber (Abeer) Ahmad How to use BUILD stations to boost learning in your elementary math classroom Teaching math can be very challenging. In teacher preparation programs, many of us were taught about the importance of engagement, formative assessment, and adjusting our teaching to ensure all... Read more
8.12.21 Cara Holt 10 ways to create community in your kindergarten classroom As a kindergarten teacher, you get the amazing opportunity to create that first love of learning. Your impact can last a lifetime. I was a kindergarten teacher before joining NWEA, and I’ve had... Read more
8.3.21 Lynne Kulich Guided reading reimagined: How to close reading gaps with differentiation and scaffolding My earliest reading memory is of my three-year-old self seated on my grandma’s lap in her living room while she read and reread Old Hat New Hat by Stan and Jan Berenstain. I don’t recall why I... Read more
6.3.21 Beth Tarasawa 3 ways to support early learners impacted by the COVID-19 “kindergarten bubble” One of the many ways schools are being transformed by COVID-19 is a change in public school enrollment, which is likely to have important consequences in classrooms across the nation, particularly... Read more
3.23.21 Cindy Jiban Best practices in reading instruction for students with dyslexia Advocates for students with dyslexia are finally gaining more attention, in both the media and legislation. Dyslexia, they note, is more prevalent than many realize, and students with dyslexia are... Read more
3.9.21 Kristie Werner 5 things to know about the new MAP Reading Fluency Dyslexia Screener Since 2018, MAP® Reading Fluency™ has made it easier for teachers to understand their students’ reading skills so they can spend more time teaching and less time testing. By assessing the... Read more
2.23.21 Elizabeth Barker The case for K–3 screening and intervention for dyslexia I vividly remember the first student I worked with at my first job as a special education teacher. Jacob was a sixth-grader, and the road to his dyslexia diagnosis was a long one. Despite having... Read more
2.18.21 Cindy Jiban Early literacy: What we can do during COVID-19 In December, NWEA shared research about the effects of pandemic-era schooling on reading and math growth. The news looked better for reading than for math. But as someone obsessed with early... Read more
2.16.21 Natalie Contreras 5 tips for supporting students with dyslexia during COVID-19 What is that awful sound? Upon hearing the screeching noise, my two middle-schoolers yelled from their rooms, “Be quiet!” My husband shouted the same from his basement office. I was in a virtual... Read more
2.2.21 Jonathan Fine How MAP Growth helps elementary school teachers differentiate instruction Ask Susan Hankins about the most important factor in her school’s success, and she won’t hesitate to tell you: it’s the teachers. In her tenure as principal of Memphis Elementary School,... Read more
1.28.21 Elizabeth Barker Why students with dyslexia aren’t “at risk” My mom had an in-home daycare when I was five years old. She read lots of books to me—I was surrounded by books—and every night my mom would read to me and my twin brother from a book of nursery... Read more
1.14.21 Elizabeth Barker Fact or fiction? The 4 myths of dyslexia Dyslexia doesn’t usually look how we think it will. Consider third-grader Judy, a dedicated student who finds herself in the middle of one of her most dreaded activities: a class read aloud. As her... Read more
