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With the release of Debbie Miller's "Teaching with Intention," it's a good time to take a new look at her first book for primary grade teachers.

English language learners can greatly benefit from a balanced reading approach that incorporates oral instruction and encourages oral responses to reinforce meaning.

A key skill for beginner readers is "reading for meaning" - the ability to glean meaning from picture cues and predict what the text might be about.

Reading is an activity that can be improved through constant practice. This improvement is reflected in varying theories about the reading process.

Highlighting skills may enhance your lessons when working with students on improving reading comprehension.

Houses are the 12 sections in a horoscope; each representing a different area of your life. Planets' effects are altered by their House, as well as their Star Sign.

Stories can inspire many emotions in children - wonder, excitement, trepidation, joy, to name but a few. Story-telling can be rewarding to both the listener and narrator.

Teach ESL students of all ages how to increase their ability to read for meaning by providing support and accommodations as they improve their English language skills.

Defining beliefs, aligning practice, taking action - master teacher Debbie Miller paves the way toward building a successful teaching/learning environment.

Readers read to understand. But what does it mean to truly comprehend written text? What strategies aid readers in attaining the ability to synthesize ideas and concepts?

Guided reading is a fun, interactive tool for children learning to read more complex texts

Cavers in Mexico may easily breathe in the invisible spores of the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum, resulting in symptoms that can range from a bad cough to death.

This college writing/ reader is superbly organized to almost teach itself. The rhetorical modes compare/contrast, persuasion and argument etc. explained in detail.

An L.A. Care Health Plan project to place accessible examination tables and scales in clinics shows accommodating disabled patients improves preventative care for all.

Implementing a Reading Workshop requires certain basic components which consist of: Modeling Mini-lessons, Independent Reading, and then Sharing and Reflection.

Karen Szymusiak, Franki Sibberson, and Lisa Koch's new edition of their popular book for elementary teachers offers multiple strategies to support transitional readers.

Students can learn how to choose a just right book that matches their reading level by using the five finger rule, the Goldilocks method, and by activating their schema.

Children become more engaged in stories when they are encouraged to respond to them in a variety of ways. Use these activities to activate comprehension in K-6 students.

Feedback can be a useful feature of writing workshops, whether peer or tutor-led.

Here is a summary of criteria that you should keep in mind when planning reading lessons for both elementary and middle school level reading program.

One important piece of advice offered by fiction writers is to read - a lot and widely.

Here's an introduction to the traditional rituals and ceremonies that are performed at Jewish wedding ceremonies. Mazel Tov!

Teacher Kelly Gallagher takes No Child Left Behind to task, says schools are killing reading, and tells his readers what to do about it in his new book. Read the review.

Reading consultant Kathy Collins shows how to use reading clubs to teach K-3 students to read with power, intention, and joy in this resource for primary grade teachers.

Help kids avoid summer brain drain by encouraging them to read fun books during summer vacation.

The speaker in Yogananda's "The Great Lightland" is an advanced yogi who gives listeners a glimpse of what he sees and then demonstrates gratitude for his attainment.

The child's first lesson in word reading takes into account what the child enjoys and builds on what the child knows.

Using a popular system for reading ordinary playing cards, the suit of Spades involves intense range of emotion, change and other important factors in making predictions.

Hugo Kerr's new book on literacy instruction is a good introduction to some of the important ideas in the teaching of reading today. But it is not without controvery.

In the past few years, broadcast television has found themselves losing ad revenue, and critical acclaim, to the cable networks. And there are good reasons for it.

Wakowski brothers' sci-fi thriller, "The Matrix" brings Biblical references and Christian themes into the action.

Some critics view Modernism as a state of the mind. Toward that end, when a literary mind disentangles itself from ethnocentrism and bigotry, Modernism has taken place.