When you think of student centered instruction, you are thinking of the whole child. You are also thinking of how to encourage executive functioning and student agency within the classroom. How can you place ownership of the learning onto the kids?

In today's episode we cover:

• What student centered reading instruction is
• The teacher's role during student centered instruction
• How to shift the ownership to the students
• Setting and sticking with intentions (reading goals)
• Suggestions for fitting it into your reading block

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