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This article connects with our video strategy, because it talks about how struggling readers take leadership roles through discussion.  The article is a study about struggling readers and discussion.

This article discusses a strategy that encourages honest discussion, critical thinking, concept formation, and the use of problem-solving strategy. It also allows the children to make predictions, revising their predictions through reading, and using evidence from the readings to defend their conclusions.

I liked the different strategies that the authors wrote about on page 103. Those strategies seem to be more student-led, which could mean that students are exploring and solving problems with spelling. However, I wonder how the strategies will work if student's aren't used to self-monitoring spelling individually (asking themselves, does it look right, sound right, and make sense)?

While this is a book, there is a lot of the book included in this preview. The book discusses strategies to help students create their own writer's notebook. 

Three keys to success using child-led discussions to motivate struggling readers.

An article discussing the results of a study investigating the effectiveness of combining technology and traditional vocabulary strategies in L2 vocabulary acquisition. Overall results point towards technology (specifically Mywordtools) integration being beneficial in L2 vocabulary learning

Do you think discussion or developing student talk would be good tags for this article?