Heinemann Blog | Stephanie Harvey

04/07/23

Strategies to Build Test-Taking Skills and Confidence

Taking a test requires some skills and strategies that are quite distinct from the reading we do every day. Here are some tips for teaching test reading. (continue reading)

03/03/23

Prepare Kids for Test Taking with Comprehension Strategies that Build Strong Readers

Confident readers read and think flexibly and critically about content AND perform effectively on the test. (continue reading)

08/02/21

How Can Kids Connect History to Their Own Lives? Industrial Age and Immigration—Then and Now

History should be more than a dull slog through a textbook. Kids need a multi-source and multi-perspective curriculum. Download 3 Practices for teachers and students. (continue reading)

06/01/21

Comprehension at the Core: Teaching for Engagement, Understanding, and Building Knowledge

Powerful strategies to help readers better understand what they read from the coauthors of The Comprehension Toolkit Series, Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis. (continue reading)

05/03/21

Three Principles for Supporting Striving Readers This Summer by Stephanie Harvey

Learn the three essential principles for helping striving readers continue to grow over the summer from a co-author of the Comprehension Toolkit, Stephanie Harvey. (continue reading)

05/15/20

Create an Environment for Inquiry Anywhere and Anytime. Here's How!

FOR YOU: a resource that highlights some ways kids can research what they are passionate about using online sources such as videos, websites, magazine articles, or ebooks or audiobooks. (continue reading)

08/27/19

Making Thinking Visible

When students consistently share their questions and interests, they come to know each other as learners. (continue reading)

08/16/19

Reading and Writing to Support Inquiry

Much of what we ordinarily teach in reading and writing workshops transfers easily to the inquiry process. (continue reading)

06/05/19

Inquiry with Researcher's Workshop

The researcher's workshop is carefully structured and includes explicit instruction in research strategies and the inquiry process. (continue reading)

05/16/19

Making A Case For Researcher's Workshop Across The Day

“It’s time to rethink content instruction— no more dull slogs through the textbook! We love reader's and writer's workshop, so why not researcher's workshop?" (continue reading)

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