Have you ever thought about how silly we teachers can be? When we get in front of students, we present ourselves to be the ones with all the answers, and then after we talk to the students, we start asking questions as if we don't know anything we just talked about.
A free downloadable chapter written for students to help them read to understand in ELA, SS, Math...
References "corncob reading" vs. active, close reading with metacognition
When people paint a picture of a great outcome, they’re not trying “to persuade people to do something important.” They’re trying to “positively influence them” to get them to a better place.