“Ellin takes her masterful guidance to a new level, modeling how educators can teach children to understand more deeply and more lastingly. Her focus on getting all children to understand more deeply and lastingly is unwavering and based on her belief that all learners can, and she provides a clear map of how to help them get there. As a leader of a dual language school, I am especially appreciative of how this book is relevant to those who teach second language learners—by focusing on how to tap into student’s schema, provide access to and develop content knowledge, higher order thinking, and the use of oral language—all essential for second language learners. At a time when we hear much rhetoric about higher standards with little guidance on how to reach them, Ellin provides yet another welcome tool for literacy educators that will help us take literacy teaching to the next level.”
—Julie Nora, Ph.D., Director
International Charter School
"For many years now, teachers have been helping children develop an awareness of the strategies that critical readers use as they process and make sense of text, yet we are often perplexed about how to improve the quality and depth of student responses. What exactly are we looking for and how do we get there? In this book, Ellin provides teachers with a vision to take strategy instruction to the next level by understanding how our language plays a crucial role in building true understanding.”
—Barb Keister
Literacy Coordinator, Delaware City Schools
