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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 #4: Check for Higher-Level Thinking

January 7, 2020

This is the fourth and final installment in a series on conferring with transitional stage readers reading informational texts. Just a reminder, tip #1 was about supporting readers when they struggle with word-solving; tip #2 was about assessing and coaching for fluent reading; and tip #3 was about assessing for literal understanding of the text. …Read more

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