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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There’s Been a Whole Lot of Learning Going On
Teaching in the Reading/Language Arts Masters Program My first semester as a professor is quickly coming to a close. The only thing I have left to do is grade my students’ final papers (due by midnight this Saturday). After that, … Continue reading
Posted in California Reading Association, My Background, Orange County Reading Association, Reading Comprehension, Reading Conferences & Conventions, Teaching Online, Technology, Webinars
Tagged California Reading Association, Cathy Blackler, Consulting, Dana Grisham, Donald Bear, Elfrieda "Freddy" H. Hiebert, Erica Bowers, Google Docs, Joan Young, Karin Foster, Kelly Gallagher, Kim Hanley, Linda Clinard, Lisa Dabbs, Lori Oczkus, My Background, My Personal Learning Network (PLN), Orange County Reading Association, P. David Pearson, Presenter Handouts, Reading Comprehension, Reading Conferences & Conventions, Regie Routman, Ron Boren, Shane Templeton, Skype, Struggling Readers, Teaching Online, Technology, Tutoring, Twitter, Webinars
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Why and How to Motivate a Reluctant Reader (1 of 2)
A guest post request on motivation from Dawn Little at the Literacy Toolbox inspired me to write the post below. After following her on Twitter for some time, I had the wonderful opportunity of meeting her in person at the … Continue reading
Posted in Background Knowledge, Help for Parents, Motivation, Reading Comprehension, Reading Volume, Struggling Readers, Vocabulary
Tagged Audio Books, Audiobooks, Authors, Background Knowledge, Book Series, Closed Captioning, Content Area Reading, Daniel Willingham, Dawn Little, Dictionaries, English Language Learners (ELLs), Facebook, Finland, Genres, Guest Posting, Help for Parents, Home Libraries, Inference, IRA's 55th Annual Convention - 2010, Jim Trelease, Jokes, Librarians, Libraries, Motivation, Non-Fiction/Informational Text, Phonics/Decoding, Poetry/Nursery Rhymes, Reading Aloud to Children, Reading Comprehension, Reading Is Boring, Reading stamina, Reading Volume, Reluctant Readers, Second Language Learners, Struggling Readers, Studies, Talk in the Home, Twitter, University of Oregon, Videos, Vocabulary, Wonder
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Common Causes of Comprehension Difficulties
While spending time with my family this Memorial Day weekend, a conversation about reading came up. My husband shared his great dislike for reading and told us how he had a very difficult time responding successfully to the teacher’s question, … Continue reading
Posted in Reading Comprehension, Struggling Readers
Tagged Active Reading, Book Recommendations, Comprehension Strategies, Cris Tovani, Difficulty with Reading Comprehension, Essential Readings, Fake Reading, FOR-PD, Good Readers, Higher Order Thinking Questions, International Reading Association (IRA), Kathryn H. Au, Kathy Highfield, My Background, People to Follow on Twitter, Pursuit of Coherence, Question-Answer-Relationships (QAR), Reading Comprehension, Reading Doesn't Make Sense, Reading Engagement, Setting Purposes for Reading, Struggling Readers, Taffy Raphael, Twitter, TWRC, TWRCing, Videos
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