The Peer Assisted Learning Strategy in the Classroom
Use PALS to incorporate teaching and learning into activities for students. Create an atmosphere of learning that caters to every learner’s skills and abilities.
What is the Peer Assisted Learning Strategy (PALS)?
The Peer Assisted Learning Strategy (PALS) is a class-wide peer-tutoring program that addresses the different learning needs of every student. This cooperative learning […]
What is Fluency Oriented Reading Instruction?
What is Fluency Oriented Reading Instruction (FORI)?
Fluency Oriented Reading Instruction is a teaching instruction that aims to improve reading among students. It is often used as a prevention strategy or a whole classroom strategy to reading. FORI focuses on oral reading competency by using many different oral-reading practices. The three main aspects of […]
How to Use Seed Discussions to Introduce New Topics?
Use Seed Discussions in the classroom to create an interactive way to introduce new lessons and reading materials to the class.
What is a Seed Discussion?
Do you have difficulty introducing new topics to the class? Are you constantly thinking of strategies you can use to make a new lesson interesting for your students? […]
What is Close Reading?
Close Reading in the classroom is a technique in order to help students better understand a text. Challenge your students with Close Reading to read with a deeper understanding.
The term ‘Close Reading’ refers to the process of an in depth analysis of a text, by which the meanings or layers are uncovered. This […]