Building Independence: Nurturing a big word mindset in the literacy classroom

In this episode:

Listen in as we talk about promoting self leadership through nurtutring a big word mindset.

We talk about:

The what, the why and the how of building independence by promoting self leadership through nurturing a big word mindset in your upper elementary literacy classroom.

Quotables: 

-A big word mindset is one in which a student has developed confidence in their ability to attempt and successfully decode a multisyllabic word.

-  If students don’t have a strategy and a track record for success when it comes to tackling big words, then they will just avoid them. 

-Take time to point out when you notice students displaying a big word mindset. Explicitly name what the student did and how that helped them.

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