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Duos: "...if you really teach a kid how to read, which is to say to infer, the student can then take that critical reading lens he’s developed and apply it in important ways to other kinds of materials. He’ll be able to analyze a ballot proposition or a politician’s speech. So in teaching kids to read deeply, you’re really sharpening their ability to read the world." - Kelly Gallagher, author of Readicide and Deeper Reading.Gallagher's insight about the importance of reading bleeds into all content areas. The hope is that the vocabulary graphic organizers and reading strategies we are using in our classrooms are helping students think deeply, critically and independently in all content areas.
Gallagher discussed his thoughts about the benefit of reading across the content areas in a recent interview for Education Week Teacher Professional Development. Read the entire interview.
