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Read this blog post from Pamela Koutrakos, author of Word Study that Sticks, to learn three ready-to-go ways to infuse word study into the content areas.

This lesson from No More Fake Reading provides teachers tips on how to manage your students during independent reading time.

Summarizing is a great way to know if a student is understandning the main point of the reading. In this activity from The Big Book of Literacy Tasks, Grades K-8, the student will write a news story to another student explaining the most important points to know from the text read the day before.

Just giving students complex text doesn’t mean they will read and understand it. Read this excerpt from Rigorous Reading to learn more about how you can ramp up complex texts.

Use these tips from What Do I Teach Readers Tomorrow? Fiction, Grades 3-8, to engage your students in fiction read alouds. 

Much like the adage “a rising tide lifts all boats,” displaying students’ writing about reading gives all students the opportunity to learn from—and aspire to— the ways of thinking of peers. Check out this activity from What Do I Teach Readers Tomorrow? Nonfiction, Grades 3-8 to learn how to create an effective inspiration wall for your classroom.

These text-dependent questions from Text-Dependent Questions, Grades K-5, help you get your students started on a deeper reading of Allen Say's The Sign Painter.
 

Use this list of alternative ways to say “good job”, from Engagement by Design, to keep your students encouraged and motivated in their learning.

Use this lesson from Developing Writers of Argument to give students a chance to practice developing an argument of their own and defending it effectively in a debate. 

Watch this video of Douglas Fisher, author of Rigorous Reading, discussing methods for analyzing complex texts and the expectation for students to "read like detectives and write like reporters," enabling students to dig deeper into texts and defend their findings with evidence.

Use these tools from Feedback that Moves Writers Forward to strategically structure how you provide feedback to students in a way that supports their writing development—without diminishing their enthusiasm.

Use these ideas for indpendent disciplinary reading from Disciplinary Literacy in Action to inspire a schoolwide culture of independent reading.