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Professional Books Authored by Sunday

Nuturing Informed Thinking book by Sunday Cummins

Practical help for teaching students in grades 3-8 to read, talk, and write across informational sources.

Close Reading of Informational Sources book by Sunday Cummins

Introduces a three-phase plan for teaching and provides guidance for planning and assessing students’ comprehension of informational sources.

Unpacking Complexity in Informational Texts book by Sunday Cummins

Explains the ways in which a text’s purpose, structure, details, connective language and construction of themes combine to create meaning.

What Others Are Saying About Sunday and Her Work

"Learning from Sunday Cummins is an experience that leaves you wanting more.
She is wildly knowledgeable about each stage of a reader, and she is keenly responsive
to students’ needs. She is always highly engaging for both students and adults alike."


Dr. Lisa Friesen

District Instructional Coordinator, North Kansas City Schools

Recent Blog Posts from Sunday

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Conferring Tip #3: Ask a simple question to check comprehension

November 18, 2019

“What did you just learn on this page?” for nonfiction and “What happened in the story on this page?” for narrative texts. I start with one of these two questions If I’ve leaned in to listen to a transitional stage reader and they do not have any word solving issues (and their fluency is adequate). …Read more

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