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When we take children's key strengths and immerse them in an intellectually invigorating, emotionally nurturing, literature-rich community, we grow "super readers"--avid readers who consume texts with passion, understanding, and a critical eye. Organized around the 7 Strengths inherent in super readers (belonging, curiosity, friendship, kindness, confidence, courage, and hope), this powerful resource helps children: - Develop reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills - Learn comprehension strategies- Build a robust vocabulary- Deepen analytical prowess and an ability to talk and write about text- Develop empathy, a strong identity as a reader, and an expanded understanding of the world Featuring stirring reading and writing lessons, robust assessment tools, ready-to-share Family Guides, and embedded videos that illuminate the 7 strengths and more, Every Child a Super Reader shows teachers, parents, caregivers, and out-of-school providers why reading is the ultimate super power, opening a world of possible for every student.

Learn how to increase students' skills as writers and storytellers with an innovative, inclusive, and empowering framework for teaching writing that centers student voice.Tell Your Story: Teaching Students to Become World-Changing Thinkers and Writers explores how to help students see themselves as writers and storytellers who are developing the skills and techniques to communicate in ways that resonate with various audiences. When students make that shift and see themselves as active and valued participants in their own communities, cultures, and literary journeys, they become powerful writers eager to explore and share ideas.With the strategies in this book, you canCreate an environment of belonging that fosters creativity and confidence.Demonstrate the value of oral and visual storytelling.Teach story structure, both old and new and in a variety of genres.Offer a variety of role models and exemplars through mentor texts.Assess and confer with student writers to help them improve their skills.Value students' voices as future agents of change.When you help students unlock the stories they want to tell, you'll see writing anxieties and resistance fade as students come alive to the multitude of ways in which they can make their voices heard. Storytelling can be a wellness practice, a tool for empowerment, and a method for self-understanding and self-expression. For all students, storytelling is a path to lifelong learning and to realizing the full power of their voice and their potential to change the world.

In this revised edition, Allyn and Morrell address how the 7 Strengths framework is needed more than ever in a post-pandemic world. They show how building on children's strengths while immersing them in a literature-rich classroom community can transform them into "super readers"-avid readers who grow together as they read and share their ideas with a sense of belonging, curiosity, friendship, kindness, confidence, courage, and hope.