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World Read Aloud Day
World Read Aloud Day
Four Teaching Moves That Promote A Growth Mindset In All Readers
Learning to read doesn't stop after third grade. Students will continue to encounter difficult texts and having a growth mindset about struggle, paired with lots of strategies, will help them tackle even them most difficult readings.
Creating a Reading School - North Ormesby Primary Academy
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The impact of 'Inference Training' on raising standards in reading- A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning - North Ormesby Primary Academy
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The North Ormesby Academy Reading Rabbits - North Ormesby Primary Academy
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A New Era for Reading Assessment at NOPA - North Ormesby Primary Academy
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How Reading Aloud to Therapy Dogs Can Help Struggling Kids
Therapy dogs that are trained to listen to kids read books are helping reluctant readers develop confidence and social and emotional skills.
That Boy Can Teach
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77 books - Bags of Booklists
25 Books That Diversify Kids’ Reading Lists This Summer
In children's books, it can be easier to find talking pandas than characters of color. Here are 25 books with minority characters and authors to help diversify summer reading.
Comprehension Instruction: What Works
Reading is often thought of as a hierarchy of skills, from processing of individual letters and their associated sounds to word recognition to text-processing competencies. Skilled comprehension requires fluid articulation of all these processes, beginning with the sounding out and recognition of individual words to the understanding of sentences in paragraphs as part of much longer texts. There is instruction at all of these levels that can be carried out so as to increase student understanding of what is read.
Reading For Creativity - 'Creative Reading' And You - Storified Art Blog
Reading For Creativity - Weall know the power of creative writing, but how do we practice Creative Reading? Let's explore it on the blog...
51 Must Read Chapter Books for Kids (Not Your Typical Book List)
An amazingly diverse list of must read chapter books that every child should read. Books they will enjoy despite being recommended by their parents!
Parents underestimate the power of talking, reading with babies, study finds
Science says is those first few months of life can have a lasting impact.
Science Proves Reading To Kids Really Does Change Their Brains
MRIs provide hard proof.
How Reading Aloud to Therapy Dogs Can Help Struggling Kids
Therapy dogs that are trained to listen to kids read books are helping reluctant readers develop confidence and social and emotional skills.
How to Help Students Develop a Love of Reading
Parents have several tools to enable kids to develop a love of reading books, including not being controlling over what kids read.
Principals should be literacy leaders in their schools
Strong leadership improves teacher quality and supports a continued focus on literacy as the gateway to every other academic subject.
Why Listening to Podcasts Helps Kids Improve Reading Skills
Ironically, listening to podcasts has prompted this teacher's students to read more.
Do Reading Logs Ruin Reading?
Forcing kids to keep track of their reading time can turn it into a chore.
The Top 50 Children's Books - Amex Essentials
The American Express Essentials Top 50 Children’s Books spans hundreds of years and includes more than a few surprises.
Three in 10 UK children 'own no books'
Research reveals startlingly high numbers of boys and girls have no books of their own, with worrying implications for their future prospects
100 fiction books all children should read before leaving primary school – according to teachers
Why Reading Aloud to Older Children Is Valuable
Reading aloud to older children -- even up to age 14, who can comfortably read to themselves -- has benefits both academic and emotional, according to researchers.
The Rose Report on phonics: playing fast and loose with ‘the evidence’
Agitation about synthetic phonics and the Clackmannanshire experiment by Nick Gibb, then an opposition MP, had two outcomes: a systematic review of research (led by Carole Torgerson) and a committe…
'Phonics, decoding and whole-word recognition are a waste of time unless you then develop children as real readers'
Teaching Reading: A Simple Approach
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Raising the profile of reading (2)
As promised, my presentation and all resources. Please let me know if there is anything else you would like. Power point presentation pedagoo Doug Lemov question types to engender close reading le…
Using Emojis to Teach Critical Reading Skills
Use kids’ expertise with emojis to help them analyze texts more effectively.
The Power of Wordless Picture Books - Playful Learning
A few months ago, I was at home perusing a stack of books that I was planning to share with the students in my 2nd/3rd grade classroom. My kindergarten daughter peeked over my shoulder and nonchalantly said, “Mommy, is that a think book?” The question confused me, but I knew I needed to dig a …
What Doesn't Work: Literacy Practices We Should Abandon
Literacy strategies that waste instructional time include looking up words on lists, prizes for reading, weekly spelling tests, unsupported independent reading, and denial of recess.
11 Alternatives to "Round Robin" (and "Popcorn") Reading
Rather than intimidating young readers with ancient pedagogy, encourage and empower them with livelier strategies such as partner reading or the manic Crazy Professor Game.
Steps for Cultivating a Love of Reading in Young Children
Daniel Willingham's new book is full of advice for parents and teachers hoping to nurture a love of reading in kids.
21 Anchor Charts That Teach Reading Comprehension - WeAreTeachers
This blog is sponsored by Questar Assessment, a K–12 assessment-solutions provider focused on building a bridge between learning and accountability. Reading comprehension is one of the most complex skills to teach. It’s also arguably the most important. Students will only …
PEE Off!
A present there seems to be a sea-change occurring within KS2 Reading. The difficulty of last year’s Reading test means that this year many schools are reconsidering their approach to teachin…
6 Alternatives to Reading Logs by @shfarnsworth - Teacher Tech
Reading logs track reading minutes inaccurately rather than having students engage with the text. Try these reading log alternatives.
How did this year's Key Stage 2 reading test compare to last year's?
So now we know. The new Key Stage 2 tests in reading and maths were harder than their predecessors. And there was also substantial variation in writing teacher assessment between local authorities. In this post we examine which pupils met the expected standards in 2016, and how that compares to 2015. We also look at the difficulty
Phonics resits plan for seven and eight-year-olds dropped
Why primary schools need to embrace picture books to boost literacy
The problem with 'reading along' - David Didau: The Learning Spy
It has become an unwritten law of teaching that when reading aloud to students, the teacher must ensure students are reading along in their own copy of the text. This is, I contend, a bad idea. To understand why we need to consider working memory in some detail. It’s well know that the capacity of
5 Reasons to Read for Reluctant Readers
Here are five reasons to motivate students to read more. One reason: Reading makes you smarter and a better writer.
Scaffolding Inference: Trialling a Teaching Technique
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Reading comprehension strategies | Toolkit Strand
Toolkit Strand: Reading comprehension strategies,
The Film Space | Shakespeare on film
Featuring resources on 11 of Shakespeare's plays, from Romeo and Juliet to Coriolanus, the resources cover over 20 different filmed versions of his works.
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