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Effective Practices

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Ten Ways Educators Can Bring Knowledge Building Into Their Classrooms

An ASCD Blog Post Series

1. Build from birth

2. Grow vocabulary

3. Lead discussions that promote student talk and comprehension

4. Give read-alouds a central role

5. Foster foundational skills

6. Apply strategies for sense-making

7. Engage and excite

8. Curriculum counts

9. Use texts as tools

10. Safeguard science and social studies

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Handbook on the Science of Early Literacy

 

Duke, N. K., Lindsey, J. B., & Wise, C. N. (2023). Feeding two birds with one hand: Instructional simultaneity in early literacy education. In S. Q. Cabell, S. B. Neuman, & N. P. Terry (Eds.), The Handbook on the Science of Early Literacy (pp. 186 – 195). New York: Guilford.

© 2025 Nell K. Duke

Early Literacy Research, Policy, & Practice

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