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Jennifer Serravallo
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NYT Bestselling author, producer & host To the Classroom Podcast, founder of Literacy Strategies Consulting. She/her www.jenniferserravallo.com 🏳️‍🌈 #EduSky
A helpful strategy during writing is teaching students to organize their informational pieces in parts.

💬 Share your favorite strategy from RSB 2.0 to help students notice how information is organized or structured in the comments below!
November 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
A helpful strategy during reading is asking students “How do you know?” It encourages them to look back at the text, name key details, and use evidence to support their thinking.

💬 Share a writing strategy you would use to help students elaborate or add more detail in their expository writing
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Jennifer Serravallo breaks down how The Reading Strategies Book 2.0 helps teachers make reading instruction more explicit, aligned, and effective—no matter the curriculum.
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September 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Excited to share my new article with @edutopia on helping students be successful during independent reading and writing time. With clear goals, purposeful choices, and supportive self-talk, independent work can become meaningful learning time.

Read here: www.edutopia.org/article/sett...
November 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
💭 Once readers can find a main idea, take it further—ask: What’s the author’s angle or perspective? Writers do the same by choosing their own slant on a topic.
Reading for stance → Writing with purpose.

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November 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
🧩 Reading and Writing Are Connected Through Text Structure

When readers notice how a text is structured, they uncover its main idea more easily. Writers use that same awareness to plan and organize their own work.

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November 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
💡Main idea in reading = focus in writing.
Teach readers to find key sentences that show what a text is mostly about—then have writers reread their drafts, highlight key sentences, & ask: “Do all my details connect back?”

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November 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
💡When reading and writing connect, everything clicks. The same thinking behind finding a main idea helps writers stay focused. This week I’ll share tips for teaching main idea through both. Grab The Reading Strategies Book 2.0 + The Writing Strategies Book to follow along!
November 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
✨ New! Lesson Set Aligned to Science Standards ✨

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November 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Use The Companion Charts for 📘The Reading Strategies Book 2.0 and ✏️ the Writing Strategies Book to help students make connections between comprehension and composition, strengthen strategy use, and build independence.

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October 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Writing shouldn’t be an afterthought. When we teach writing, not just assign it, we build stronger readers and thinkers.

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October 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Great stories have layers. Some are easy to spot, others are waiting to be uncovered. In my latest post, I share how to teach students to move beyond plot and infer the deeper themes that make stories unforgettable.

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October 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
We believe the best professional learning is hands-on, personalized, and directly connected to the everyday realities of teaching. That’s why our literacy professional development is grounded in evidence-based practices, with a laser focus on student outcomes.
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October 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
If you’re ready to dive deeper into how reading and writing can strengthen each other, revisit my blog post from May to explore four key author craft elements of expository writing.

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October 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Words carry subtle shades of meaning that shape tone and mood. 🎨

📘 Use Teaching Reading Across the Day + The Writing Strategies Book to make word learning meaningful, connected, and creative.

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October 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Help students study how authors convey authority—through tone, evidence, + structure—and apply those moves in their writing.
📘 Teaching Reading Across the Day + The Writing Strategies Book.

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October 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Show students how authors use precise nouns to create clarity + imagery.
Then, guide them to try it in their own writing.
🎯 Teaching Reading Across the Day + The Writing Strategies Book.

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October 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Professional learning should make a difference! Read our recent case studies to gain a glimpse into the remarkable results our literacy specialists were able to accomplish with students and educators during one- to three-year partnerships
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October 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Use mentor texts to make author craft visible. Help students study structure + detail in reading, then apply those insights in writing.
📘Teaching Reading Across the Day + The Writing Strategies Book.
October 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Help students study how authors choose words for tone + precision.
Then, guide them to use those same strategies in their own writing.
📘 Teaching Reading Across the Day + The Writing Strategies Book.
October 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Use guided inquiry lessons to connect reading + writing.
Students notice author craft + apply it in their own work.

📘 From Teaching Reading Across the Day + The Writing Strategies Book.
October 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Reading and writing are reciprocal processes. 💡 When students read like writers + write like readers, they connect comprehension + composition. Stay tuned this month as I share practical ways to leverage this reciprocity in your classroom!
October 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
At Literacy Strategies Consulting, we partner with schools to make research-based literacy practices accessible and responsive for all students — including those learning in bilingual and dual language classrooms. Let’s connect. JenniferSerravallo.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Great instruction grows from collaboration. ✨

Our consultants work side by side with teachers and students—modeling, coaching, and reflecting together—to make strategies come alive in real classrooms.

👋 Partner with us for research-based literacy learning.
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October 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Strong readers pay attention to what characters say, do, and feel to uncover what’s underneath the words. In this post, I share practical ways to help students infer meaning through character clues, patterns, and changes.

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October 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM