What is a Reading Salad, and how can you use this tangible comprehension strategy to help your students understand complex concepts? (continue reading)
Heinemann is pleased to announce the latest addition to our growing line of audiobooks, Comprehension Connections: Bridges to Strategic Reading by Tanny McGregor. (continue reading)
Is your virtual read-aloud feeling disconnected? Try incorporating sketchnotes to bring that real life connection into your online space! (continue reading)
We already accept notetaking as a part of classroom life, so let’s welcome sketchnotes into the notetaking family! Notetaking as a practice stands the test of time, and for good reason. Research suggests that taking notes in real time and thinking about those notes later boosts student learning. (continue reading)
Sketchnoting fosters metacognition. It's a vehicle to help us think about our thinking. The pens, paper, and apps we use aren't the end all, be all; they change with us over time as our thinking grows and changes. The stuff of sketchnoting contributes to the process. The media helps move the message. (continue reading)
Sketchnoting can add some fun and variety to the otherwise routine practice of note taking, but let's delve deeper into the why and not just be enamored with the how. (continue reading)
Design adds a dimension to our thinking that might seem expendable, but when embraced becomes increasingly valued. Design decisions that involve color, font, and style matter here because they help make our thinking more memorable. (continue reading)
