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Becoming a Better Reader
Some ideas for reading lesson plans and how to incorporate different skills and strategies.
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Disability and Reading Skills
Students with disabilities often struggle with reading. How can parents assist older students in developing strong reading strategies?
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Flashcard Games to Practice Spelling LIsts
Using flashcards can make practising spelling and reading skills more enjoyable. Try these activities and games to reinforce classroom lessons.
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How to Become a Better Reader
A reading program needs to have a proper build up of strategies. Where do you stand as an ESL teacher with regard to implementing them?
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How To Use a Word Wall to Teach Reading Skills
Primary students learn sight words, sounds, rhymes, word patterns, and spelling skills during reading and writing lessons featuring a classroom Word Wall.
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Improving Brain and Spirit
"You are the same today as you’ll be in five years except for two things: the books you read and the people you meet." Charlie ‘Tremendous’ Jones (National Speakers’ Hall of Fame) Pray all you want, sing all you want, talk all you want. Enjoy. But true growth on all levels comes from reading. It’s fun to think it comes from the ethers. But don’t fool yourself. As Scripture puts it, "In the beginning was the Word. . ." Thank all the Powers That Be for the ability to read. And if yours, or someone’s you love, is not so good, make it a priority.
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Improving ESL Reading Skills
This article focuses on prior knowledge which is activated even before learners start reading the text, as part of Pre-Reading Activities.
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Improving Reading Skills
Tips and strategies for helping your students improve their reading comprehension skills.
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Improving Reading Skills
Use these strategies to improve reading fluency and comprehension in children who struggle in reading.
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Pre-Reading Skills for Toddlers
Programs that teach children to identify letters might make a child seem ready to read, but reading readiness involves so much more.
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Reading Despite Disability
Reading is important. With few exceptions (such as severe mental or physical impairment) reading skills are necessary for success as an adult.
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Stages of Reading: Pre-reading Skills
Early life has great impact on reading skills.
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Teaching Dr Seuss
Dr. Seuss, born March 2, 1904, has delighted both children and parents for decades. This is why his books make the perfect set-up for lessons in language arts.
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Teaching Map Reading Skills
A variety of toy store and home-made games can be used to help your homeschooled child learn about coordinates.
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WordWorld Toys at Target
Is your toddler fascinated with the new PBS television cartoon, WordWorld? Target now carries a line of educational toys that reinforce early literacy concepts.
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Writing Skills for the Ages
This is an article about teaching early readers, and essay writing using Internet and other resources.
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Summer Reading Activities
What can you do to motivate students to close the gaps during summer school reading? Summer reading for kids doesn't have to be tedious. Read on for some tips.
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Teaching Sentence Sense
Do you have students who can read words on cards, but cannot transfer that skill to reading the same words in sentences? Here are some creative activities to help.
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A Guide For Parents To Help Children Become Better Readers
The article reviews a literacy guide for parents, published by the Department of Education, Employment and Training in Victoria, Australia.
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Boys' Lack of Confidence in Reading
Frequently the disruptive students in classes that involve heavy reading are boys. And that disruptive behavior signals their lack of confidence in reading.
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Coordination and Discrimination
Puzzles are more than cardboard pieces to fit into a picture. These puzzles make fine motor and pre-reading skills fun for kids who struggle with school!
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Daily Living Skills – Reading
As I review books that are struggling reader-friendly the next few weeks, I also want to look at other ways that reading skills can be promoted.
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Exploring Second Language Reading
Why do some English language learners hate to read? How can teachers keep their ESL students motivated? Try a bottom-up instead of a top-down approach.
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Five Myths About Dyslexia
There are a number of misconceptions surrounding learning disabilities. Reading disabilities, when not addressed, can result in problems throughout school and beyond.
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Reading for the Hearing Impaired
Pattern books build beginning reading skills for children with hearing loss, those who use English as a second language (ESL), and children with developmental delays.
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School Skills in the Summer
As summer approaches, parents of kids with special needs consider fun activities, sports, and childcare.
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Swapping Stories
Books surrounded me as a child and life will not be much different for my daughter in this respect. As anyone who has ever helped me move is acutely aware of, I have pretty much saved every book I have ever owned. It’s a great comfort to me to know that I can return to any one of them in the dead of night and be certain of finding the reference I need.
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The Gift of Reading
Children with reading disabilities or language impairments can be tricky to buy for. Consider these when purchasing books for the reluctant or below age level reader.
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The Year 2002 Will Be a Special Year For Storytelling
<P>As we move into the New Year, I hear more people than I have ever heard before say “Happy New Year! Happy Holidays!” And yet there is that quiver of apprehension in the voices. Yes, daily we are reminded of the war, the poor economy, unemployment, and the threats of terrorism. And daily, on a brighter note, I am reminded of the power of storytelling. Storytelling has the power to heal, to build bridges of cultural understanding, to stir the imagination, to enrich our lives and work, inspire learning and enhance reading skills. Fortunately, I am not alone in my beliefs.
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Children Reading to Dogs
Children naturally feel comfortable around dogs. By making the most of this relationship, parents and teachers can improve literacy skills and encourage reading.
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Getting Kids Interested in Reading
Fewer and fewer kids and teens are reading for pleasure. How can you help keep your child motivated and excited about reading?
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Selecting Suitable Books for Kids
Encourage children to read and develop a love for books and reading by ensuring that they are given books that are suitable for their age, interests and reading level.
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Starting at a New Graduate School
Making a flying start at your Graduate School is vital. It can determine how well you'll do. Here are ten key things for your First Week as a Masters or Doctoral Student
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Tips For Improving Literacy Skills
It is vital that children read books in order to develop their literacy skills, as these abilities are the building blocks of academic achievement.
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Tips on Taking the Praxis Exam
What is the best way to prepare for the Praxis Reading Series of the National Teaching Exam? Read on to find out.
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