02.16.22 Sean Morrisey on How Background Knowledge Encouraged More and Better Independent Reading
Recently I received a note on Twitter from Sean Morrisey, a self-proclaimed data nut, who uses the Reading Reconsidered Curriculum with his fifth graders at Pinehurst Elementary School in Hamburg, NY. In his first year using the curriculum he has some interesting takeaways that I wanted to pass along. Sean started the year with the unit…