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videos with onscreen lyrics - Google Search - 0 views

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    One way to support wide reading developing readers is to pursue their interests. Search "videos with onscreen lyrics" and add the singer, music type, title, etc. This broad search of just "videos with onscreen lyrics yielded 150 million results--that's a lot of motivating text for a lot of readers.
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    Key search terms to find music with lyrics as reading source material.
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Dave's Literacy & Disability Site - Blog - 0 views

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    Reflection on reading motivation.
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How Videogames Like Minecraft Actually Help Kids Learn to Read | WIRED - 0 views

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    Short piece about increased reading observed in children and adolescents seeking to master a videogame. High degrees of both motivation + specific background knowledge seem to be the keys.
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Free Technology for Teachers: Five Ways Students Can Share Videos Without YouTube - 0 views

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    Just what it says. Might be interesting ways to share teacher- or volunteer-created read-alouds for kids who need the support, or read-alouds of kids who can speak, who have been practicing repeated reading to build fluency (motivation and utility).
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Taylor reads Boys vs. Girls - YouTube - 0 views

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    Taylor, a young girl who struggles with reading, engaged in repeated reading until she could read this text aloud fluently. Her tutor helped her record it and upload it to Youtube. Strong motivation for the research-supported but often boring repeated reading of text.
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Children's Storybooks Online - 0 views

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    Couple dozen digital storybooks online in three age categories: young children, older children, and young adults. Texts and illustrations. No built-in read-aloud option, but can't beat the price.
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Books | We Give Books - 1 views

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    Free online library with a dual purpose. Every time a book is read here, Pearson Foundation donates a book to charity causes identified at the site. Books can be searched by age range (0-3, 4-7, & 8-10), author, or genre. Books are presented as Flash files, so most screenreaders will not work with it. Snap & Read by Don Johnston will.
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GoComics.com - 0 views

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    What a great site! 250 comics and editorials, give or take, updated daily. Pearls Before Swine, Pooch Cafe, FoxTrot, Non Sequitur, Peanuts, Stone Soup...
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Summer Reading Challenge | Scholastic Inc. - 0 views

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    Teachers of kids, 4-14, may be interested in entering their classes. May 5 is official start.
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Teaching and Learning Vocabulary: Bringing Research to Practice - Google Books - 0 views

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    Anne Cunningham's excellent and readable review of the impact of independent reading by children and reading aloud with children on vocabulary growth. Benefits accrue regardless of reading or cognitive ability when children are provided materials they can read with understanding.
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In the Key of Books: 10 Picture Books for Teaching Teens - 0 views

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    Summaries of 10 picture books that work for teens along with references to a variety of texts with ideas for teaching teens with picture books.
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Fun Wordless Picture Books - What We're Reading: Staff Picks for Children - Free Library - 0 views

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    13 great wordless picture books. Most work across age groups.
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Top Ten Wordless Picture Books - Nerdy Book Club - 0 views

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    10 wonderful wordless picture books described. Most would work great across age groups.
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Nerdy Book Club | A community of readers - 0 views

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    Must follow if you love kids, teachers, books, and reading.
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Five-Minute Film Festival: Summer Reading for Students | Edutopia - 0 views

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    Wonderful book and reading resources linked here. Not aimed at beginning readers.
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Tar Heel Reader - 1 views

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    Remarkable resource for beginning readers, their families, and teachers of beginning readers. Tens of 1000's of digital books that can be read online with or without speech support or downloaded for use offline. Each book can be accessed using multiple interfaces, including touch screens, the IntelliKeys with custom overlays, and 1 to 3 switches. Parents and professionals may write their own books as well, a great way to create materials targeted to the specific interests of a child or student.
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Little Baa Baa & Quirky Turkey Book Set - 0 views

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    Two of the funniest children's books I have read in a long while. Have delighted every audience I have read them aloud to, from a 4-year-old to adult. Clever and naughty. What could be better?
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#Read4Fun Chat - Home - 2 views

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    Teachers reading for pleasure and talking about it online. Wonderful idea and great use of technology to support independent reading.
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