More Reading Strategies - 2 views
Book Review: It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend: Helping the Child with Learning Disab... - 7 views
I own this book in my collection too Scott. I love the works of Richard Lavoie. The special education field is a rewarding one, and with more insight we teachers can help students with a variety ...
Book Review: Change is Gonna Come, Transforming Literacy Education for African American... - 10 views
This sounds like an interesting read. I have a couple of journal articles you might like. I have always been interested in this subject, because part of my own journey toward literacy has been ba...
BoomWriter - Home - 0 views
Journal #2: Toward a Lifetime of Literacy: The Effect of Student-Centered and Skills-B... - 0 views
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This article focused on a study done in a second grade private school over a four week period. Two different instructional practices were implemented by the researcher (who was also the teacher), and observations, focus groups with students, assignment evaluations, as well as student surveys were used to collect data. The instructional practices were student-centered instructional model and skills-based instructional model. The student-based instructional model focuses on student interest in reading, small groups and personal reading time, and student driven goals with their reading. I love the idea of student -centered instructional methods in the classroom, especially in an elementary setting when student attitudes towards reading are formed and develop into life long habits. In the article, students expressed feeling better when they were allowed to make choices about the reading that they do. Observations also showed that when students were forced to read aloud the students who were struggling mouthed the words and were too intimidated to participate. Also, the advanced readers were disinterested in the reading that was given by the teacher, as they had moved beyond it. If educators expect to create enthusiastic and self directed readers, then we must allow them to feel empowered by the reading they do in the classroom. I did an article previously on given boys choices in what they read, and this practice seems to ring true in this article as well. Allowing students to read in smaller groups with peers at their reading level allows for students to gain self esteem that is so important when moving forward with their reading education.
The Daily Cafe - 3 views
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The Florida Center for Reading Research - 2 views
FCRR also has great ideas for interventions as well as links to research. +2
Non Fiction Text Features Posters - Primary Punch - TeachersPayTeachers.com - 1 views
Writing Comic Strips - 3 views
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Open Wide, Look Inside - 0 views
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The disclaimer below the title is exactly what you will find - even though I want to teach secondary, this blog has a ton of resources for teaching math and science through literature. I never knew cute books existed that combined reading and math for young kids. I have fun scrolling through the math and earth science tabs on the right side of the page. I even wrote down a few titles to purchase for my daughter and me at home - after all, I really need a break from Umizoomi!
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Starfall's Learn to Read with phonics - 1 views
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This is the cutest website ever! If I taught elementary school, I would use this starfall website. There are different links from the main page that will help guide a young students learning. I looked at the first topic which was about teaching the sounds of the alphabet to students. I loved all the graphics and how the announcer sounded out each letter clearly. Very great tool. Check it out!!!! Starfall.com opened in September of 2002 as a free public service to teach children to read with phonics. Our systematic phonics approach, in conjunction with phonemic awareness practice, is perfect for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, special education, homeschool, and English language development (ELD, ELL, ESL).
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This past week I watched my three year old nephew Brady. We tried out the Starfall website together, and Brady loved it. He knows most of his letters in the alphabet, but he really enjoyed the picutres that came after each letter. Great website and it was wonderful to see Brady so excited to interact with the picutres.
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Educational Leadership:Reading: The Core Skill:Every Child, Every Day - 0 views
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research has demonstrated that access to self-selected texts improves students' reading performance (Krashen, 2011), whereas no evidence indicates that workbooks, photocopies, or computer tutorial programs have ever done so
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If school principals eliminated the budget for workbooks and worksheets and instead spent the money on real books for classroom libraries, this decision could dramatically improve students' opportunities to become better readers.
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Studies of exemplary elementary teachers further support the finding that more authentic reading develops better readers
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http://www.readinglady.com/mosaic/tools/TeachingReadingComprehensiontoStrugglingReaders... - 1 views
Reading Research & Reports | Reading Rockets - 1 views
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"Reading Rockets has gathered some of the most important research and reports here in one place....Whenever possible, we've provided a link to a free, online version of the research article, study, or book. In other cases, you'll find a link to a publisher, journal, or online bookstore where you can purchase the resource. You may also want to check with your university or public library, which often have access to online databases and journals where research articles and reports can be found."
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A starting point for locating reading research.
MDE - Michigan Notable Books - 0 views
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"The Library of Michigan has announced the list of the 2012 Michigan Notable Books - 20 books highlighting Michigan people, places and events. The list highlights exceptional "Michigan books" published in 2011 that bring attention to Michigan authors and topics." Includes links to previous years' lists.
Detroit News in Education - 0 views
Journal #1-Word Walk: Vocabulary Instruction for Young Readers - 10 views
Beauchat, A. K., & Blamey, L.J. (2011). Word Walk: Vocabulary Instruction for Young Readers. The Reading Teacher, 65.1, p 71-75. For my first journal critique, I chose to read an article abou...