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What I changed in my Grade 1 class

I swapped silent picture-book time for dialogic reading — asking questions, letting kids retell. Six months in, here is what I noticed (anecdote, not data!).

Mrs Hartley Grade 1 teacher ·

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Interactive reading, where adults ask questions and children respond, is linked to gains in oral language in early education.

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Hartley [@mrshartley]. (2026, September 19). What I changed in my Grade 1 class [Image]. CIT.ED. https://cit.education/p/cb81edbb-fdd6-4edc-92cf-d1bc6a30235d

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Hartley [@mrshartley] (2026) ‘What I changed in my Grade 1 class’ [CIT.ED] 19 September. Available at: https://cit.education/p/cb81edbb-fdd6-4edc-92cf-d1bc6a30235d (Accessed: 3 November 2026).

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Hartley [@mrshartley]. “What I changed in my Grade 1 class.” CIT.ED, 19 Sept. 2026, cit.education/p/cb81edbb-fdd6-4edc-92cf-d1bc6a30235d.

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Hartley (@mrshartley). 2026. “What I changed in my Grade 1 class.” CIT.ED image, September 19, 2026. https://cit.education/p/cb81edbb-fdd6-4edc-92cf-d1bc6a30235d.

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Hartley. What I changed in my Grade 1 class [image on the Internet]. CIT.ED; 2026 Sep 19 [cited 2026 Nov 3]. Available from: https://cit.education/p/cb81edbb-fdd6-4edc-92cf-d1bc6a30235d

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