Statistically significant positive effects from teaching reading & writing together.

This is one of the greatest virtues of high-quality curricula, in my opinion... the instruction is so intertwined.

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Gains in reading and writing outcomes observed in this meta-analysis.

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Let’s talk about what that looks like in classrooms.

Take a look at this whole thread (and the threads it links) for exemplars.

Lessons shift from reading to note taking to reflection... back to texts, back to notes. Is it any wonder that when kids...
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... shift to a writing task related to this lesson, the writing quality is high?

Mind you, solid writing instruction is an important component. So’s constant practice in note taking, thought organizing, and sentence writing on the way to the task.

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You constantly see Eds who use high-quality curricula going bananas about the student work. This thread crossed 5 curricula and even more districts.

Often, it’s BC of the writing.

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