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Open-ended questions are valuable if we want to stimulate thinking and foster deeper understanding in our students.

"If you can't beat 'em, join 'em." This approach broadens reading horizons, honors choice and factors in good-fit books. Here are a few ways to expand students' reading repertoires in the sports zone.

Beth Lawson leads her class to think about inferring, and then asks them to work together with a partner to put the definition in their own words.