Learning English with your Children and Teens: Using a Chore Chart to Practice Overall Fluency
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Posted on: March 29, 2022
Planning out the week’s chores provides an excellent opportunity to practice English skills.
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Posted on: March 29, 2022
Learning English With Your Children and Teens: Making and Playing Games to Practice English
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Posted on: November 30, 2021
Games like our Word Match reinforce vocabulary instruction in a fun way.
Teach and Practice Writing Skills With a Writing Prompt Guide
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Posted on: September 8, 2020
Introducing the new IRRC resource to help students, teachers, and caregivers better understand and work with effective writing prompts.
Supporting Your Children’s and Teens’ Home Learning: A Guide for Families
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Posted on: April 14, 2020
The IRRC’s Supporting Your Children's and Teen's Home Learning Guide provides web resources by subject area and for assistive technology use, as well as tips for a successful home learning approach.
Supporting Your Children's and Teens' Home Learning: Writing an Objective Summary
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Posted on: April 7, 2020
Teach and practice this high-leverage skill at home with the help of our resource.
Resources for Helping Families to Support Children’s and Teens’ Home Learning During COVID-19 Pandemic
Article published on: April 1, 2020New content is being developed to encourage literacy learning at home.
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.
Education and Advocacy Tool Available for Families Through eLearning Dyslexia Overview Module
Article published on: May 13, 2019The module is available at no cost to Iowa families and other Iowa residents wanting to learn about dyslexia.
Literacy Education at Home: Approaches for Practicing Reading and Writing
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Posted on: January 23, 2018
Take your home-literacy learning to the next level by connecting what your child is reading or writing at home to literacy instruction they are receiving at school.
One School One Book: West Branch Community School District’s Literacy Initiative
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Posted on: May 3, 2016
An Iowa elementary school is getting students excited about reading through "One School One Book," where all families are given the same book to read.