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Website dedicated to promoting YA fiction and to building teenagers love of reading. Includes numerous supporting resources.

This article outlines round robin reading and highlights its disadvantages. Oral reading does improve fluency, comprehension and word recognition (though silent/independent reading should occur far more frequently as students advance into the later grades). Fortunately, other oral reading activities offer significant advantages over RRR and its cousins. As you'll see in the list many of them share similar features but encourage and support all readers.

Series reading is actively encouraged to support reading interests with some twists to how students access books.

Find and level books with Book Wizard. Plus, get booktalks, lesson plans, author studies, videos, and discussion guides. Note the topic and author search is fine without locking students into leveled reading

Free time line creation software. No teachers account options, must be over 13 to use and paid accounts improve service and remove adverts.

The project was created in 2010 with a simple goal in mind; one book to connect the world. From its humble beginnings, the GRA has grown to make a truly global connection with more than 1,000,000 students having participated.

Interactive account about the first day of the Gallipoli landing that is narrated whilst a 3D diorama and animation takes the reader/listener into the story setting. Presents both the Turkish and the Allied forces standpoints.Includes links to supporting information, including interviews with Turkish and Anzac returned servicemen, diary entries and photos.

This brief article looks at using Edmodo for students to operate literature circles. Main reasons provided relate to organisation and preparation, how they actually discuss the books and prepare their group response to the text is not covered.

Detailed coverage on book trailers - educational value, standards, resources and preparation, planning and support resources

n-class example of teaching the guided reading strategy of using story structure to help read narrative nonfiction. The teacher is using the Units of Study for Teaching Reading instructional model developed by Lucy Calkins. Watch as the teacher demonstrates guided reading strategies such as looking at the cover and title page to predict what the book will be about. By providing guided reading instruction and coaching before the students read the passage of text, they will be more likely to discover answers for their predictions. After students finish reading the nonfiction passage the teacher meets with them individually to provide additional guided reading support and see if their predictions came true. For more information about teaching guided reading in the reading workshop model visit http://www.unitsofstudy.com

n-class example of teaching the guided reading strategy of using story structure to help read narrative nonfiction. The teacher is using the Units of Study for Teaching Reading instructional model developed by Lucy Calkins. Watch as the teacher demonstrates guided reading strategies such as looking at the cover and title page to predict what the book will be about. By providing guided reading instruction and coaching before the students read the passage of text, they will be more likely to discover answers for their predictions. After students finish reading the nonfiction passage the teacher meets with them individually to provide additional guided reading support and see if their predictions came true. For more information about teaching guided reading in the reading workshop model visit http://www.unitsofstudy.com

WebQuests are probably the most talked-about and widely used Web-based activities in today's classrooms. What are WebQuests? What accounts for their popularity? And how can you use-and create-WebQuests in your own classroom? Education World explores those questions and more. - SebQuests are probably the most talked-about and widely used Web-based activities in today's classrooms. What are WebQuests? What accounts for their popularity? And how can you use-and create-WebQuests in your own classroom? Education World explores those questions and more.

A teacher resource on webquest that examines the strategy, contents, construction and implementation.

Mem Fox provides useful steps for an engaging reading aloud session with children

Jonathan Gottschall, author of The Storytelling Animal, says science backs up the long-held belief that story is the most powerful means of communicating a message

Create story books with super easy tools. Publish your own hardcover or paperback books. Promote them to our worldwide community. Free education options available.

The reader's theater strategy blends students' desire to perform with their need for oral reading practice. Reader's Theater offers an entertaining and engaging means of improving fluency and enhancing comprehension.

A beuatifully crafted infographic in chapters that explore the range of benefits in reading. A list of references at the end is particularly useful. 82 delicious layers, 12 hours of work dedicated to those who adore reading and books. Feel free to share it, and if you wish to make a print of this for educational purposes, read directions on the bottom of the page. .

A beautifully crafted infographic in chapters that explore the range of benefits in reading. A list of references at the end is particularly useful. 82 delicious layers, 12 hours of work dedicated to those who adore reading and books. Feel free to share it, and if you wish to make a print of this for educational purposes, read directions on the bottom of the page. .

Peggy Albers looks at why stories make a difference. Stories - whether told through picture books, dance, images, math equations, songs or oral retellings - are one of the most fundamental ways in which we communicate. Useful links to research studies are embedded in the article.

Peggy Albers looks at why stories make a difference. Stories - whether told through picture books, dance, images, math equations, songs or oral retellings - are one of the most fundamental ways in which we communicate. Useful links to research studies are embedded in the article.

A library full of the best-illustrated wordless picture books from around the world: what could be better for a child on the way to starting a new life in a strange country away from the hardships and difficulties that forced this radical move. Books with beautiful pictures instead of words - pictures that everyone can read without understanding the language of where the books come from; pictures that can invite new stories to be told, perhaps making sense of life. Ibby is proud to be involved with this project because it encompasses what we believe in: that every child has the right to become a reader. The enjoyment of reading pictures is the first step to becoming a reader for life.

Postmodern picture books for secondary school students provide a rich area for teaching and learning. Postmodern literature and visual texts, because of their unresolved nature, provide avenues for critical analysis.