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One sentence. One big reminder. As Daniel Willingham says, “Children having broad background knowledge is central to reading comprehension.” This episode is a powerful reminder that knowledge is not extra. It is essential for helping students make meaning from what they read. 🎧🎙️ Listen now! https://ow.ly/Qo0Q50YtXFb

One of our favorite episodes is back. In this conversation, Daniel Willingham and Barbara Davidson explain why background knowledge is essential for comprehension and why helping students build knowledge makes such a difference when they read. We’re rereleasing this episode along with a listening guide you can use while you tune in. Podcast Episode: https://ow.ly/93su50YtXFv Listening Guide: https://ow.ly/X1pF50YtXFw

If there’s one shift that changes comprehension instruction, it’s this: background knowledge isn’t extra. It’s essential. In this favorite episode from the archives, Daniel Willingham and Barbara Davidson explain why our brains connect new ideas to what we already know and why knowledge is critical for making meaning while reading. 🎧🎙️ Listen now! https://ow.ly/eu0a50YtXF7

This classic article from Daniel Willingham explains why background knowledge plays such a powerful role in reading comprehension. https://ow.ly/OIBx50YtXNz We talked with Dan about these ideas on the podcast. 🎙️https://ow.ly/GNhl50YtXNA

“To read stuff you have to know stuff, to write stuff you have to really know stuff.” Such a simple sentence, but it captures something really important about literacy. In this episode, Kelly Gallagher helps us think about how knowledge supports both reading comprehension and writing. https://ow.ly/J6ye50YWsjz

One routine Kelly Gallagher shared with us that teachers love: Article of the Week. 🩵 https://lnkd.in/emyj8e7X Students read a short article each week and respond to it through writing and discussion. Over time, this helps build the knowledge and background that support stronger comprehension. 📘

Students don’t jump straight to understanding books. Comprehension develops across many layers. Readers draw on different kinds of knowledge as they make sense of text. They use knowledge of word meanings, knowledge of how sentences work, and knowledge about the topics and ideas in the text. All of these work together while students read. That’s why background knowledge matters so much. The more students know about words, language, and the world, the easier it is for them to make sense of what they read. Download this one-pager at https://ow.ly/mQej50YtXCS 🎧 This week on the podcast, Kelly Gallagher joins us to talk about a simple but powerful idea: to read stuff, you have to know stuff. https://ow.ly/56G350YWsiE

Readers draw on different kinds of knowledge as they make sense of text. They use knowledge of word meanings, knowledge of how sentences work, and knowledge about the topics and ideas in the text. All of these work together while students read. That’s why background knowledge matters so much. The more students know about words, language, and the world, the easier it is for them to make sense of what they read. 🎧 Check out the podcast. Kelly Gallagher joins us to talk about a simple but powerful idea: to read stuff, you have to know stuff. https://ow.ly/eoEY50YWshM

Students often believe that good readers understand everything immediately. But real comprehension doesn’t work that way. 🤯 As Kelly Gallagher says, confusion is often the place where learning happens. 🎧 Hear the full conversation on the podcast. https://ow.ly/zHlE50YWshr

“To read stuff, you have to know stuff.” In this episode, Kelly Gallagher joins us to talk about the powerful connection between knowledge and comprehension. https://ow.ly/e2Mt50YtBzu