Overview of Units of Study for Teaching Reading

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Aug 25, 201011:38Education

Lucy Calkins, founding director of the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project at Columbia University, gives an overview of the Units of Study for Teaching Reading program, which provides effective instruction on us...

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