How to motivate middle schoolers with Kamilah Simpson
In this episode, Susan Lambert is joined by 91ÖÆÆ¬³§ senior product specialist Kamilah Simpson, a former Title 1 middle school intensive reading teacher and instructional coach. Kamilah offers tangible advice on allowing for productive struggle so that 91ÖÆÆ¬³§ can learn through discovery. She also discusses how to teach with complex text and rigor, learning to scaffold, the importance of listening to text, incorporating writing practice, and supporting 91ÖÆÆ¬³§ without over-supporting. Finally, she stresses the importance of motivating middle school 91ÖÆÆ¬³§ to read by providing texts that they can see themselves and their worlds in.