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Elementary schools spend almost no time teaching history. How did we get here, and how can we reprioritize this crucial foundation for literacy and knowledge? | Knowledge Matters Campaign
Over the past four years, I’ve had the pleasure of serving as the supervisor of elementary English Language Arts for the Montgomery County Public Schools. During that time, we’ve engaged educators and leaders in deep learning based on the science of reading research. In doing so, I’ve come to believe that two things are for certain:| Knowledge Matters Campaign
I taught American History to 8th graders for many happy years. But my “a-ha” curriculum moment, the experience that revealed the potential for engaging, knowledge-rich history content to excite students and accelerate literacy, happened in a 2nd-grade reading class.| Knowledge Matters Campaign
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This post originally appeared in “Minding the Gap.” Season 3 of the Knowledge Matters Podcast is available on all streaming platforms.| Knowledge Matters Campaign
Writing is hard—and teaching writing is even harder. But science tells us it’s well worth the effort, because writing flexes the mental muscles that nurture literacy and learning.| Knowledge Matters Campaign
“The book is in a death struggle with electronic and social media. And right now, it’s losing.”| Knowledge Matters Campaign
Knowledge about the world fuels a child’s reading comprehension and critical thinking.| Knowledge Matters Campaign
When we read fluently, we recognize words without effort. We also maintain an engaged pace (automaticity) and perceive expression (prosody), all of which support attention and leave working memory free to make meaning from a text. This is a complex achievement, and many students have fractured attention spans. What can educators do to account for interruptions and focus on building fluency, which is key to developing comprehension?| Knowledge Matters Campaign
Our memories grow stronger when we work to retrieve them. That’s why flash cards and pop quizzes are effective: they prompt students to recall and access information from their memory bank. What other instructional tools and techniques help students remember what they’ve learned, and how can teachers put these to use?| Knowledge Matters Campaign
How can schools and teachers maximize student learning? To answer this question, we need to understand how the human mind works. What needs to be explicitly taught, how many new things can we remember at a time, and what is the role of background knowledge in easing students’ cognitive loads?| Knowledge Matters Campaign
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Season 2: Know Better, Do Better: Comprehension| Knowledge Matters Campaign
