Knowledge at the Center of English Language Arts Instruction.

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    • Subject Terms:
      READING comprehension; READING strategies; THEORY of knowledge; ENGAGED reading; LEARNING
    • Abstract:
      The article discusses the five practices for creating a knowledge-building classroom to build students's knowledge to support their future reading. The practices include the need to ensure that students read a lot, the importance of selecting an engaging and conceptually and thematically rich texts, and the significance of teaching students to use their knowledge to comprehend text.