Reading Revealed

"In the hands of expert, responsive teachers, all children will discover the joy and power of reading."

– Diane Stephens, Jerome Harste, Jean Anne Clyde

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Class Journals
Getting to Know Your Students
The Burke Reading Interview
Browse Bags
Student Created Bilingual Books

Class Journals

Second graders in Tim O'Keefe's classroom share entries from both their culture and science journals.

Getting to Know Your Students

Christen Sistare, literacy coach, talks with a third-grade student about a book and expands the conversation as part of learning more about him in and outside of school.

The Burke Reading Interview

Third-grade teacher Margaret Nickerson interviews her 8-year-old son and is surprised by some of his answers.

Browse Bags

Michele Myers, a college faculty member who spends most of her time in K–5 classrooms, listens and takes notes as a fourth-grade child discusses the books she has in her browse bag.

Student Created Bilingual Books

In this video by Anna Sumida, a kindergarten student writes a story in English, reads what he wrote, works with an older buddy to learn the Hawaiian words for the nouns in his story, and then is able to read those words.