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Online June 2012 | Volume 69

Strong Readers All


All stories in this special issue of Educational Leadership are free and open to all users.

Feature Articles

Introduction: What Would It Take … ?

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Vocabulary: Five Common Misconceptions

Nancy Padak, Karen Bromley, Tim Rasinski and Evangeline Newton

When definitions don't do the trick, which strategies build vocabulary?

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Supporting Older Students' Reading

Kim Gutchewsky and Joanne Curran

A best-practices cadre finds that directly instructing students in reading strategies enhances the curriculum.

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Summarize to Get the Gist

John Collins

To develop students' comprehension skills, the author recommends the 10 percent solution.

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Reading and College Readiness

Kimberly B. Pyne

Book jams with college students encourage high schoolers to make reading a part of their lives.

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Catching Readers Up Before They Fail

Carol E. Canady and Robert Lynn Canady

Literacy teams find one hour of added literacy instruction is an effective prevention practice.

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Cross-Discipline Teaching for English Learners

Anne Upczak-Garcia

Integrated thematic units build both content knowledge and second language skills.

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E-Readers: Powering Up for Engagement

Twyla Miranda, Kary A. Johnson and Dara Rossi-Williams

Struggling readers find the e-reader worth trying.

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Reading a Garden

Valerie Bang-Jensen

Exploring connections between literacy and gardening.

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EL Classic / What At-Risk Readers Need

Richard L. Allington

What At-Risk Readers Need

Originally published in "What Students Need to Learn," March 2011

We know that high-quality instruction is the key: Why aren't we opening the door?

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EL Classic / The Power of Purposeful Reading

Cris Tovani

The Power of Purposeful Reading

Originally published in "Reading Comprehension," October 2005

Explicit directions about what to seek in a text help students tackle assignments.

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EL Study Guide

Naomi Thiers

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