Trostle Talk - 8
Episode 8: The Reading Rope - Background Knowledge
Professional Learning Tidbits for Teachers in About Two Minutes
Trostle Talk Episode 8 Background Knowledge
Resources
Natalie Wexler - The Knowledge Gap
Reading Rockets - Building Background KnowledgeReading Rockets - How We Neglect Knowledge and Why
Amplify Blog - The Baseball Experiment
Core Knowledge (free knowledge-focused curriculum)
21 Ways to Build Background Knowledge
Daniel Willingham - How to Get Your Mind to Read
Past Episodes
Episode 1: What is Reading Comprehension?
Episode 2: Subtypes of Readers
Episode 3: How do I find the reading level of my students?
Episode 4: The Reading Rope - Word Recognition
Episode 5: The Reading Rope - Phonological Awareness
Episode 6: The Reading Rope - Decoding
Episode 7: The Reading Rope - Sight Recognition
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