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How Parents Can Help Children Succeed In School
Below is my response to a great question posed by Amy (aka @teachmama) on the “We Teach Reading” group in the We Teach Ning. You can find that question here: “Learning During Read Alouds.” Hi Amy, If there was one … Continue reading
Revisiting Silent Reading: New Directions for Teachers and Researchers (International Reading Association Institute #6, Chicago 2010): Part Six
This is the final part of my reflections on the International Reading Association’s Institute called, “Revisiting Silent Reading: New Directions for Teachers and Researchers” that was held in Chicago on April 25, 2010. You can find part one here. In … Continue reading
Posted in Adolescent Literacy, IRA's 55th Annual Convention - 2010, Silent Reading
Tagged Access, Achievement Gap, Adaptive Scaffolds, Adolescent Readers, Articles on Teaching Reading, Assessment, Audiobooks, Cloze Assessments, Comprehension (Online vs. Printed Text), Comprehension Strategies, Connectedness, Dropout Factories, Early Literacy, Elfrieda "Freddy" H. Hiebert, High School Dropout Rates, International Reading Association (IRA), Intervention Programs, IRA's 55th Annual Convention - 2010, Katherine Bach, Lexile.com, Matching Texts to Readers, Maze Assessments, My Background, Nation's Report Card, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), Presenter Handouts, Read 180, Readability, Reading Comprehension, Reading Conferences & Conventions, Reading Engagement, Reading Online, Reading Plus, Reading Researchers, Silent Reading, Statistics, Strategic Scaffolds, Struggling Readers, Technology, TextProject.org, The Alliance for Excellent Education, TWRCr, Vocabulary, Weekly Reader Digital Edition
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Medicine to Help Prevent Reading Difficulties: The Reach Out and Read Program
It is National Volunteer Month and I have been contemplating how I would like to contribute to my community. Recently, I learned about Reach Out and Read (ROR) and I am amazed by everything I read about this program. Therefore, … Continue reading
Posted in Early Literacy, Reading Aloud to Children, Vocabulary
Tagged 30 Million Word Gap, Academic Success, Achievement Gap, Early Literacy, Facebook, Hart & Risley, Help for Parents, Libraries, Non-Profit Literacy Organizations, Pediatricians, People to Follow on Twitter, Reach Out and Read, Reading Aloud to Children, Reading Comprehension, Research, Statistics, Studies, Talk in the Home, Twitter, Videos, Vocabulary, Volunteering
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What Happens in the Home Before Kids Start School Affects Their Vocabulary & Overall Academic Success
Whenever people discuss the achievement/opportunity gap, the first thing that comes to my mind is the Hart & Risley study from 1995. You can read the entire study in this book, Interview with Todd Risley by Children of the Code … Continue reading
Posted in Achievement Gap, Early Literacy, Help for Parents, Vocabulary
Tagged 30 Million Word Gap, Academic Success, Achievement Gap, Articles on Teaching Reading, Blame Game, Book Recommendations, Children of the Code, Early Literacy, External Link Categories, Hart & Risley, Help for Parents, Interviews, Jim Trelease, Poverty, Preschool, Reading Aloud to Children, Reading Rockets, Research, Socioeconomic Status, Studies, Talk in the Home, Videos, Vocabulary
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