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Meet the Winners of HMH's Word UP Challenge

Jordan Friedman
Former Shaped Editor

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Congratulations to Our Two Texas Art & Literacy Contest Winners

Jordan Friedman
Former Shaped Editor

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Getting at the Heart of Conferring: Empowering Readers and Writers

Kristen Painter
Vice President of Professional Services, ICLE

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Efficient Eye Tracking: A Learned Fine Motor Skill Essential to Reading

Dr. Alexandra Talaber
OD, FCOVD, FAAO

Dr. Danielle Leong
OD, PhD

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What the Academy Awards Taught Me About Speaking Instruction: Part 1

Erik Palmer
Program Consultant, Into Reading and Into Literature

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Three Pillars of Support for Middle School English Learners

Keeping English learners engaged in academic content while they experience profound personal challenges makes our role as educators even more complex and crucial.

Dr. Elena Izquierdo
Author, Escalate English; Author ¡Arriba la Lectura!; Associate Professor, Dual Language Education / Biliteracy / ELL Education, University of Texas, El Paso

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The Bad Habits of Good Readers

Carol Jago, HMH author and program consultant, makes the case for the seemingly bad habits avid readers possess.

Carol Jago
HMH Author and Associate Director, California Reading & Literature Project at UCLA

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Reading Is More Than Fundamental

HMH’s Kristi James shares what ideal literacy engagement in an early childhood classroom would look like and how teachers can realize this goal and promote it outside of their classrooms as well.

Dr. Kristi James

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Can We Nudge Students To Be Better Learners?

Education thought leader, researcher, and practitioner Dr. David Dockterman gets us thinking about ways to motivate student performance using the types of cues we encounter in daily life. Read his thoughts on four educational nudges.

Dr. David Dockterman
Lecturer, Harvard Graduate School of Education

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Getting Formative Assessment to Work

Thought leader Sheila Valencia continues our popular Lead the Way to Literacy series with some insight on formative assessment. Can it help close the achievement gap? Find out here.

Dr. Sheila W. Valencia
Professor, Language, Literacy, and Culture, University of Washington; Journeys Program Consultant

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What Is Translanguaging in the Classroom?

What is Translanguaging? Learn the definition of translanguaging and strategies for translanguaging in the bilingual classroom.

Drs. Yvonne and David Freeman
Authors, On Our Way to English, Professors Emeriti, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley

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Navigating the Every Student Succeeds Act: Well-Rounded Curriculum—It’s More Than Math and Literacy

Our series on navigating ESSA continues with Dr. Lissa Pijanowski’s advice on how to develop a well-rounded curriculum.

Dr. Lissa Pijanowski
HMH Contributor

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Use Reading Data to Encourage Students’ Independent Reading

As you assess students’ reading levels at the start of the school year, here are some strategies for supporting students in taking risks, expanding their reading choices, building skills—and becoming engaged independent readers.

Shaped Staff

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How to Instill a Love of Reading with a Student-Friendly Environment

Back to school is a good time to think about optimizing your library to motivate independent reading. Taking it further, here are some strategies and interactions teachers can use to spark an interest in reading.

Shaped Staff

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Management Tips for Delivering Intensive Linguistic Support for Long-Term English Learners in Grades 4–5

Dr. Elena Izquierdo, HMH program consultant, provides post-ILA 2017 classroom-management tips for meeting the diverse needs of the long-term English learner.

Dr. Elena Izquierdo
Author, Escalate English; Author ¡Arriba la Lectura!; Associate Professor, Dual Language Education / Biliteracy / ELL Education, University of Texas, El Paso

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What It Means to Win a CODiE Award

HMH was honored on July 26 with a CODiE Award—presented by SIIA to software, information, and education technology developers—for our online English learner program, Escalate English.

Shaped Staff

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Erik Palmer Makes the Argument at ILA for Building Strong Speaking and Writing Skills

How can we teach students to speak confidently? Thought leader Erik Palmer shares his insights during this brief ILA 2017 Facebook Live interview.

Shaped Staff

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The Keys to Vocabulary: Word-Specific and Generative Instruction

Shane Templeton, HMH Journeys program consultant, shares how efficient and effective vocabulary instruction can inspire a curiosity and appreciation for words.

Dr. Shane Templeton
Foundation Professor Emeritus, Literacy Studies, University of Nevada, Reno; Into Reading Program Author

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