THE BEST OF THE MARSHALL MEMO
Carefully chosen summaries to energize leadership, teaching, and learning
Proficiency in Reading, Writing, and Oral Language
Implementing Effective Literacy Instruction
- Four key elements in effective literacy instruction
- Literacy experiences children should have every day
- What's missing in many literacy programs
Maximizing Reading Success
- What we need to know about the reading brain
- Reading Recovery's lessons for regular classrooms
- A balanced approach to challenge
- "Restorative" literacy practices that close the achievement gap
Teaching and Assessing Writing
- Five principles of good writing
- Keys to effective writing instruction
- Teaching writing effectively
- Making optimal use of the six-trait writing rubrics
- Advice on nurturing student writers
Building Strong Vocabularies
- Vocabulary development as an essential leverage point
- Myths about teaching vocabulary and how to get past them
- Early systematic teaching of sophisticated vocabulary
