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August 5, 2025 13 mins

Stop wondering whether you've covered all the essential reading skills or if you're teaching them in the right order! This bonus episode walks you through creating a strategic, year-long plan for teaching comprehension strategies that builds from concrete to abstract thinking. You'll learn the research-based "building blocks approach" that ensures balanced instruction, discover when to introduce each strategy for maximum student success, and create a customizable calendar that eliminates the guesswork from your comprehension instruction all year long.

This is a special bonus episode that will only be available until August 11th! To download the complete Year-Long Read Aloud Strategy Calendar and access all the resources mentioned in this episode, join our "Organize Your Read Alouds" workshop at: https://thecolorfulapple.com/organizeyourreadalouds/

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