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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Up Close and Personal at ILA with Carol Jago and MaryEllen Vogt

ILA 2017 was a great time to catch up with literacy thought leaders and learn new strategies for inspiring all readers. Carol Jago and MaryEllen Vogt offered a wealth of wisdom in this brief Facebook Live interview.

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Nurturing Natural Word Nerds: Help Students Expand Their Vocabulary Through Reading

In advance of this weekend’s International Literary Association conference, Carol Jago, HMH author and program consultant, explains how reading develops natural vocabulary acquisition.

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

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Introducing the Teachers of Beastie Hall: Meet Mrs. Wordy

Our tour of iRead’s Beastie Hall continues with Mrs. Wordy’s Word Play Classroom. See how children learn to build bigger words by understanding word parts.

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Getting Buy-in and Dealing with Resistance

Dr. Susan Szachowicz shares successful strategies for building consensus—and negotiating resistance—when undertaking school- or district-wide initiatives.

Dr. Susan Szachowicz
Senior Fellow, Brooklyn High School

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Why Publish in the Classroom?

Poet, educator, literacy advocate, and best-selling author Kwame Alexander discusses the value of classroom publishing in developing self-confident, engaged students.

Kwame Alexander
HMH Author

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Meet the Spark a Story Winners: Part 1

In this four-post series, we will be highlighting the winners of HMH’s Spark a Story writing contest.

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Meet the Spark a Story Winners: Part 3

In this four-post series, we will be highlighting the winners of HMH’s Spark a Story writing contest.

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Meet the Spark a Story Winners: Part 4

In this four-post series, we will be highlighting the winners of HMH’s Spark a Story writing contest.

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Meet the Spark a Story Winners: Part 2

In this four-post series, we will be highlighting the winners of HMH’s Spark a Story writing contest.

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Introducing the Teachers of Beastie Hall: Next Stop, Mr. Seemore’s Sight Words Classroom

Our tour of iRead’s Beastie Hall online classrooms continues with a visit to the Sight Words Classroom of Mr. Seemore, who helps children learn high-frequency words.

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Goals and Strategies: In Reading, Writing—and in Life

Author, literacy expert, and guest speaker at the upcoming Model Schools Conference, Jennifer Serravallo offers tips for helping students keep their focus on reaching their goals in reading and writing.

Jennifer Serravallo
Author

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