The Comprehension Toolkit supports teachers to teach content knowledge and thinking strategies to students who come from varying cultural and linguistic backgrounds and are learning English as a new language.
May 10, 2024
As kids learn about and comprehend the world, their comprehension is strengthened by existing and new knowledge. When kids build their knowledge store, it’s thinking and learning intensive.
April 10, 2024
See how an inquiry-based classroom moves into the community to affect civic change.
February 20, 2024
On Presidents’ Day, delve into the complexities of slavery during the American Revolution and founding of our republic. Includes downloadable lesson.
February 16, 2024
Researcher's workshop is an ideal way to address content, skills, and content across curriculums and standards. Included are examples from a classroom.
February 12, 2024
In the insightful webinar “Content Literacy: Teaching Comprehension Strategies Across the Curriculum,” educators Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis present the transformative power of integrating comprehension strategies across the content areas.
February 9, 2024
Tap into these 11 free on-demand webinars that cover the essential pillars of reading, math, and writing—providing innovative strategies to inspire and rejuvenate your teaching.
January 26, 2024
Inquiry that builds knowledge and understanding can be found through researcher's workshop. Learn about inquiry frameworks with downloadable forms.
January 23, 2024
Today on the Heinemann Podcast we’re discussing Inquiry Illuminated: Researcher’s Workshop Across the Curriculum, by Anne Goudvis, Stephanie Harvey, and Brad Buhrow.
January 11, 2024
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.
April 7, 2023
Confident readers read and think flexibly and critically about content AND perform effectively on the test.
March 3, 2023
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.
August 2, 2021
Powerful strategies to help readers better understand what they read from the coauthors of The Comprehension Toolkit Series, Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis.
June 1, 2021
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.
May 3, 2021
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.
May 15, 2020
When students consistently share their questions and interests, they come to know each other as learners.
August 27, 2019
Much of what we ordinarily teach in reading and writing workshops transfers easily to the inquiry process.
August 16, 2019
The researcher's workshop is carefully structured and includes explicit instruction in research strategies and the inquiry process.
June 5, 2019