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61. Professional Development | Grades   K – 8  |  Professional Library  |  Journal
    Nonfiction Inquiry: Using Real Reading and Writing to Explore the World
    Nonfiction is the genre most likely to spur children's passion and wonder for learning. This article discusses way to motivate children to read nonfiction.
62. Professional Development | Grades   3 – 8  |  Professional Library  |  Journal
    Overlapping Vocabulary and Comprehension: Context Clues Complement Semantic Gradients
    This teaching technique combines two strategies, context clues and semantic gradients, to help students make vocabulary-to-comprehension connections.
63. Professional Development | Grades   3 – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Journal
    Paraphrasing: An Effective Comprehension Strategy
    In this article, the author explains what paraphrasing is and how it can increase student's comprehension.
64. Professional Development | Grades   5 – 9  |  Professional Library  |  Journal
    Peek, Peak, Pique: Using Homophones to Teach Vocabulary (and Spelling!)
    Argues that regular homophone practice enhances vocabulary knowledge, spelling skills, pronunciation ability, and overall reading proficiency. Describes how card games played with decks of homophones helped to accomplish these things. Notes particular benefits of homophone games to ESL students, and outlines key advantages of using the games.
65. Professional Development | Grades   K – 6  |  Professional Library  |  Book
    Planning for Inquiry: It's Not an Oxymoron!
    Planning for Inquiry shows you how to get an inquiry-based curriculum started, how to keep it going, and how to do so while remaining accountable to mandated curricula, standards, and programs.
66. Professional Development | Grades   K – 6  |  Professional Library  |  Journal
    Poets in Practice
    This article discusses the need to engage students and teachers in active poetry writing.
67. Professional Development | Grades   3 – 8  |  Professional Library  |  Journal
    Poets in Practice
    This article discusses the need to engage students and teachers in active poetry writing.
68. Professional Development | Grades   K – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Position Statement
    Position Statement on Multimodal Literacies
    This position on Multimodal Literacies is a summary statement developed by the Multimodal Literacies Issue Management Team of the NCTE Executive Committee.
69. Professional Development | Grades   5 – 9  |  Professional Library  |  Book
    Power of Picture Books, The: Using Content Area Literature in Middle School
    Featuring descriptions and activities for fifty exceptional titles, Mary Jo Fresch and Peggy Harkins offer a wealth of ideas for harnessing the power of picture books to improve reading and writing in the content areas.
70. Professional Development | Grades   K – 12  |  Professional Library  |  Position Statement
    Professional Knowledge for the Teaching of Writing
    With full recognition that writing is an increasingly multifaceted activity, we offer several principles that should guide effective teaching practice.

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