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How Have Books Influenced Your Life?
Since the end of another school year is approaching, you may be expecting an annual post about the importance of summer reading as it relates to student progress. As a proponent of reading during all … more
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Top 3 Challenges Facing Teachers & Educators
For 29 years the insurance company MetLife has been surveying teachers across America to identify challenges involved in public school education. In the fall of 2012, one thousand K-12 public school … more
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Are “Third Grade Reading Guarantees” the Solution to Low Reading Scores?
“We’ll have to get bigger desks.” “Third graders will be sporting beards.” “It’s about time teachers’ feet are held to the fire.” These are just some responses elicited by proposals to retain … more
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Does Knowing How to Read Prepare You to Teach Reading?
In the world of psychology there is a phenomenon called “The Illusion of Explanatory Depth.” In their article on the phenomenon, Rozenblit and Keil (2002) explain that, “People feel they understand … more
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7 Learning Apps That Help Reading Compete in a Media-Centric Society
The study, “Zero to Eight: Children’s Media Use in America,” is based on a survey of 1,384 parents of children up to 8 years old, and was conducted May 27-June 15, 2011. One key finding was that 52% … more
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7 Ways Teachers' Reading Habits Influence Students' Reading Habits
Do you have to love reading to teach reading?
To some, that may seem like a rhetorical question. But ... if you are like most teachers, you spend no more than 10 minutes daily of your free time … more
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12 Best of 2012: Strategies for Teaching Reading to Beginning & Struggling Readers
There are two types of people in the world: those that make New Year’s resolutions and those that don’t.
(And yes, that was an adaptation of this quote from What About Bob?: “There are two types … more
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How to Get Started When Teaching Struggling Readers
Because struggling readers have a history of struggling, they can be very closed off and resistant to working on their reading skills. Not because they don’t want to succeed, but because they don’t … more
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Four Children's Books to Read to Elementary Students' During the Holidays
Guest Post by Patricia Garza
Are you looking for some new, interesting children's books to read to your students during the holidays? Aren't we all? I'm a fan of beloved classics like "How the … more
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3 Key Factors that Contribute to the Literacy Deficit
With all the talk in the news about politics and education, it's good to look at what is really going on in regards to education and literacy:
These statistics expose serious economic … more