conuly

I try to teach the kids reading from context! But also, we have such a range of ability even in my small class. So I have the ELL kids running everything through a translator, autistic kids who get frustrated if they have to read in a way different than they're used to, low-level readers who hit barriers with nearly every word, university-bound kids who just want to run everything through ChatGPT and don't get why they should have to read a book, etc. Granted, most aren't becoming English majors.

That said, while inference skills were hot about a decade ago, there's not a lot that I've encountered on how to teach reading for context. And nothing in the curriculum now. Maybe I'm doing it wrong.