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Category Archives: Learning to read
How Do I Determine the Reading Level of A Book?
How Do I Determine the Reading Level of a Book? Well, that’s a good question. I wondered that very question aloud in a classroom where I worked as an assistant before I became a teacher. The teacher was very knowledgeable. As so often happens when you’re around very knowledgeable people, a question is rewarded with [...]
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The Road Map To Reading!
Here’s a little Road Map to Reading. Although the road to reading is a fairly complex process fraught with much tension and much work, there is hope. At my last site, I had an awesome Literacy Coach who gave me these steps to reading. So, without further ado, here they are: **Phonemic Awareness- Simply put, [...]
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Alphabetic Principle Activities
Here’s a follow up to my post from earlier. In my earlier post, I explained what the Alphabetic Principle was. In this post I offer up activities to coordinate with & enhance your child’s learning of the principle. Alphabetic Principle Module Reading Resource.net Part 1 Reading Resource.net Part 2 There are more available. This is [...]
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The Goal Of Reading!
The goal of reading is comprehension. When your child is able to sound out new words, has memorized sight words, reads fluently and understands what he read, he has learned how to read!
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The Alphabetic Principle
What is the Alphabetic Principle? Good question. Basically the Alphabetic Principle is the understanding that letters are used to represent the speech sounds of our language. Here are a couple of websites to fully explain it: Reading Rocket Reading Resource.net Education.com Glynn County School System SEDL NOTE: One of more of these sites have links [...]
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Teach A Child To Read
I found this fantastic website with great strategies. I was in the midst of finishing up my case study and needed some extra stuff when I stumbled upon this website. It offers many strategies on teaching your child to read. If you’d like to visit it, here’s the website: www.succeedtoread.com Check it out!
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