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Immediately, all of the kids were writing even before the teacher finished giving the directions.

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The kids get really excited about the Rereading App because they get to debate and back up their own thoughts. You are teaching argumentative writing skills without teaching argumentative writing.

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By the time students are finished with a reading section they have looked at the same piece of text 10-15 times—it’s drilled into them. Not only have they read it but they know it.”

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Having to stop and think about each word has been challenging for students, but also has forced their brains to work in a deeper, more meaningful way with the story.

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First the students have to have the structure for them to appreciate having voice and choice and truly enjoy reading.

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It puts any teacher’s mind at ease to see how the work that they are doing in class translates to the state assessment. It really works.

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When we display student writing it’s affirming for students, What I find powerful is that It doesn’t have to be an exemplar in the way that we used to think of an exemplar. We are acknowledging that a part of the writing included an incredible thought, or something that the reader wanted to know more about. It makes the student writer think that the next time they will write more because the teacher and their classmates want to know more about what they think.

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The students can see how their own writing has improved because they have taken the time to stop and think about the details and support their ideas. They understand the story so thoroughly from the fluency, from the paraphrase, and from the quizzes that they stop and think about all of the things they know and they are able to include in their writing.

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Riveting Results helps students feel confident in their writing and take risks with their writing.

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Just seeing her understanding of the story come through and her ability to use those details to make her writing better has been super fun to watch.

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What the Fluency App does is challenge students to look at every word in a passage, every sentence, and to also think about what the characters are saying and how they might be feeling, and what words might be important in the passage.

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