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The research on high-quality literacy instruction has been ongoing for decades, and within that research, there are certain things that we have learned are crucial for students to experience every day in their classrooms and in life!
So, what does the research say that all readers need?
1. Readers need an enormous amount of time every day for reading. Effective reading improvement is directly related to the amount of time a child spends reading. In other words, reading stamina is highly important. Effective reading improvement is also directly related to how much print a child "consumes" in a day. With this, reading volume is highly important as well.
2. Readers need to be reading books that allow them to do a high volume of successful reading. In other words, if a text is too difficult to decode or understand, a student will not be able to read enough each day to make effective growth as a reader. This is why we need your help ensuring your child is reading a lot of just-right books!
3. Readers need instruction in the strategies of effective readers. This is how we grow with anything! Our reading curriculum teaches grade-level appropriate reading skills and strategies situated within units of study that develop throughout the year.
4. Readers need opportunities to talk in response to their reading. In other words, talk to your kids about their books! Ask them about characters, about what surprised them, about what they are noticing and thinking. This discussion work stretches their reading "muscles" and helps them grow!
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