How to use it... (teachers)

Teachers, you can also use this blog as a tool to help your students improve their reading and writing skills. You can use it in different ways that will help them develop autonomy and acquire responsibility for their learning process:

• Assign your students a reading passage for homework and then have them respond to the question in class or you can even come up with a different question. 
• If you have access to a computer lab you can time your students in either a reading or a writing exercise and have them do it in class. Then they can share their answers. 
• Keep a reading and writing chart where you keep track of the number of passages and prompts that students do per week. Reward them at the end with a reading or writing honor roll. Remember that rewarding students for their achievements is important in order to keep them motivated. 
• If you have a video beam in your classroom, try doing reading exercises with the whole class to help them develop reading comprehension. Young learners require guided reading exercises when they are first starting to help them gain confidence. 
• You can also do exercises with them to practice different reading strategies like scanning and skimming.