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Versatile Blogger Award

Posted on September 11, 2010 by Julie Niles Petersen

Back on July 16, 2010, I was overjoyed to find out that my blog was nominated for another award, “The Versatile Blogger.” What made it even more special was that this award was first given to Susan Dee (aka @literacydocent), … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog Awards, Literacy Blogs, My Background | Tagged Blog Awards, Blogging, Facebook, Literacy Related Blogs, Master's Program, My Background, My Personal Learning Network (PLN), Susan Dee, Twitter | 6 Comments

Presenter Handouts from the United States Department of Education’s Reading Institute in Anaheim, 2010

Posted on August 21, 2010 by Julie Niles Petersen

I attended the United States Department of Education’s Reading Institute in Anaheim, California July 19-21, 2010. It was the first institute I attended from the United States Department of Education and it was phenomenal! I wrote a little bit about … Continue reading →

Posted in Early Literacy, Reading Conferences & Conventions, US Dept of Ed's Reading Institute - 2010 | Tagged Alice Thomas, Anita Archer, Catherine Snow, Collaborative Strategic Reading, Common Core Standards, Comprehension Strategies, Content Area Reading, Direct Instruction, Early Literacy, Engaging & Empowering Parents, English Language Learners (ELLs), Fluency, Hart & Risley, Higher Order Thinking Skills, Irene Gaskins, Janette Klingner, Literacy Coaches, Literacy Coaching, Literacy Related Blogs, Maryanne Wolf, Michael Kamil, Morphemic Analysis, Non-Fiction/Informational Text, Oral Language Development, Phonemic Awareness, Phonics/Decoding, Presenter Handouts, Professional Development, Reading Comprehension, Reading Conferences & Conventions, Response to Intervention (RtI), Shane Templeton, Sharon Vaughn, Stephen Barkley, Susan Ebbers, The Benchmark School, Timothy Rasinski, Title I, U.S. Department of Education's Reading Institute, Vocabulary, Webinars | Leave a comment

Why and How to Motivate a Reluctant Reader (2 of 2)

Posted on August 7, 2010 by Julie Niles Petersen

I think children who do not struggle with decoding the words can find reading boring for many reasons. Here are three of them: They have not found the right book. The right book would be one that interests them for … Continue reading →

Posted in Background Knowledge, Help for Parents, Matching Books to Readers, Motivation, Reading Comprehension, Reading Volume, Reluctant Readers, Struggling Readers, Vocabulary | Tagged Background Knowledge, Book Blessings, Book Recommendations, Book Review Blogs, Book Trailers, Booktalks, Donalyn Miller, guysread.com, Help for Parents, Inference, International Reading Association (IRA), Jim Trelease, Jon Scieszka, Keith Schoch, kidsreads.com, Lexile.com, Librarians, Libraries, Linda Gambrell, Lists of Recommended Reading, Literacy Related Blogs, M. Dahms, Matching Texts to Readers, Mem Fox, Mid-Continent Public Library, Motivation, NoveList, Reading Comprehension, Reading Is Fundamental (RIF), Reading Volume, Reluctant Readers, Scholastic, StorySnoops.com, Struggling Readers, teenreads.com, Teri S. Lesesne, The Book Seer, The Series Binder, Twitter, TWRC, Vocabulary, Webster Public Library, What Should I Read Next | 17 Comments

What I’ve Been Doing Since My Last Blog Post (2 of 3)

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Julie Niles Petersen

In May, I was installed as the president of the Orange County Reading Association. After being installed as the president, I was given several different binders. As I began going through them, I was excited, yet overwhelmed with the possibilities … Continue reading →

Posted in California Reading Association, Literacy Blogs, Orange County Reading Association, Reading Conferences & Conventions, US Dept of Ed's Reading Institute - 2010 | Tagged Alice Thomas, Anita Archer, C.R.A., California Reading Association, Catherine Snow, Irene Gaskins, Joseph Conaty, Literacy Related Blogs, Margaret McKeown, Maryanne Wolf, Michael Kamil, Nell Duke, O.C.R.A., Orange County Reading Association, Presenter Handouts, Reading Conferences & Conventions, Reading Researchers, Shane Templeton, Stephen Barkley, Susan Ebbers, Thelma Melendez de Santa Ana, TWRCing, U.S. Department of Education's Reading Institute, Videos, Vocabulary | 5 Comments

What I’ve Been Doing Since My Last Post (1 of 3)

Posted on July 23, 2010 by Julie Niles Petersen

These past months have kept me very busy. Before going to Texas for a very special high school graduation at the end of May, I began learning how to use Google Reader so I could read other blogs on a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Blog Awards, Delicious, Diigo, Facebook, GoodReads, Google Reader, Help for Parents, Jim Trelease, LeeAnn Moore, LibraryThing, Literacy Related Blogs, My Personal Learning Network (PLN), QuickReads, Reading Research Quarterly (RRQ), Reading Specialist Positions, Shelfari, Susan Dee, The Reading Teacher, The TWRCtank on Facebook | 8 Comments

Tag Archives: Literacy Related Blogs

Versatile Blogger Award

Presenter Handouts from the United States Department of Education’s Reading Institute in Anaheim, 2010

Why and How to Motivate a Reluctant Reader (2 of 2)

What I’ve Been Doing Since My Last Blog Post (2 of 3)

What I’ve Been Doing Since My Last Post (1 of 3)

Psst… “TWRC” rhymes with “work.” With a little TWRCing, I bet you can figure out what the letters T-W-R-C represent. :)

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