Coaching Reading Writing 
eSchool News
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
eighth gradersstruggle with long-form writing on tests and classwork. Not only does this affect their ability to communicate effectively, it also affects their reading skills, because writing and literacy are closely linked. Writing improves students reading fluency. According to one analysis ,half of U.S.
Edsurge
APRIL 17, 2024
Over the past few years, more literacy tools have been using generative AI, either to accelerate children’s reading proficiency or to stimulate more reading interest. Using speech recognition technology to listen to a child read and using AI to offer feedback can be helpful as long as the technology is based on science-backed design.
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eSchool News
MARCH 5, 2024
Wisconsin is creating a new literacy office and hiring reading coaches. Dozens of states are moving to align their teaching practices with the science of reading, a body of research on how children learn that emphasizes explicit phonics instruction alongside helping students build vocabulary and knowledge about the world.
Catlin Tucker
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
While reading Adam Grant’s new book, Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things , I was struck by his distinction between teaching and coaching. He writes, “Teaching others can build our competence. But it’s coaching others that elevates our confidence.” Milkman, Dena M.
eSchool News
APRIL 2, 2019
Biggest challenge: There were many gaps in foundational reading across classrooms before we piloted our new reading program. In Rockford, small group instruction includes skill-based groups, guided reading, or literature circles. Related: 3 reasons why the reading gap is still alarmingly wide. Here’s how.
Catlin Tucker
MAY 24, 2021
He read several lines of Maya Angelou’s poem “Still I Rise.” Ask them to write a poem (structure and style their choice) and begin with the phrase “Still I rise…” You can have students publish their poems or read them aloud. “Still I Rise…” Poem (Inspired by NPR).
Catlin Tucker
OCTOBER 7, 2020
In a coaching session last week, it became clear that teachers could use basic templates to help them conceptualize how to take strategies they have used in the past to create lessons that will work in a concurrent classroom (or in an online learning scenario). The lesson template below has five sections. Welcome Task or Bell Ringer.
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