Supporting Your Children’s and Teens’ Home Learning: Paired Oral Reading
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Posted on: July 7, 2020
Children can work on reading fluency and comprehension while reading along with a caregiver.
Motivating Readers
Readers are motivated and enjoy reading
Posted on: July 7, 2020
Supporting Your Children's and Teens' Home Learning: Selecting Texts for Standards-Aligned Practice
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Posted on: March 24, 2020
Three areas to consider when picking a text and a listing of websites with free texts to read.
Book vs. Movie - Compare and Contrast
This graphic organizer helps children organize their thoughts about the similarities and differences between a book and a movie telling the same story. Comparing books and their movie adaptations can help motivate students to read and dig deeper into some elements of the text.
Creating a Book Recommendation Video
This guide provides sentence starters for students in fourth grade and older to formulate thoughts and opinions about a book which they can convey verbally for a book recommendation video. Filming tips for teachers are also provided. Videos can be posted for friends to see. Videos like these can be a way to motivate students to read and create something meaningful and useful.
Using Technology to Motivate Young Readers in the Age of Digitalization
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Posted on: August 27, 2018
Using digital resources to both consume and react to books can motivate children to read more.
The Effects of a Peer-Mediated Reading Intervention on Juvenile Offenders' Main Idea Statements About Informational Text
Deborah K. Reed, Ph.D.
Many youth in the juvenile justice system with or at risk for emotional and behavioral disorders struggle with reading.
Using Possible Selves to Facilitate Student Literacy Achievement
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Posted on: February 20, 2018
Through helping students define their possible selves, show them how becoming an expert reader can help them achieve their life goals.
A Chore No More: Make Summer Reading Enjoyable With Family-Oriented Approaches
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Posted on: June 20, 2017
Make summer reading fun and fulfilling for the children in your family and help them maintain their reading skills with these seasonal approaches to reading.
Strong Girls Read Strong Books
By Renita Schmidt, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor, University of Iowa College of Education
Amanda Haertling Thein, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor, University of Iowa College of Education
The authors explain how they go about selecting texts for their afterschool reading club that helps girls grow into strong women through reading books featuring strong female protagonists. They also highlight key practices they have found useful in reading and responding to those texts.
International Children’s Digital Library
This guide explores a collection of searchable digital books available in multiple languages.
"International Children's Digital Library" facilitation guide