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The Reading Brief.
Practical teaching ideas and resources for educators supporting different reading needs.
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Keep the question.
Vary the support.
Ask everyone: who has more to fear: people or sharks? Choose the easier or harder article, then use the shared fact-or-myth check, comprehension and fact-sort activities.
The practical payoff is one group conversation with different ways to take part.
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