Are You Opting Students Out of Learning How to Read? How a commonly used strategy can have negative, long-lasting effects on students. By Alana Mangham Last week, an educator friend reached out to discuss her plans for the upcoming academic year with teacher support structures to put into place since we know students will return with … [Read more...] about Are You Opting Students Out of Learning How to Read?
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Disciplinary Literacy Is NOT The Same As Content Area Reading
Disciplinary Literacy Is NOT The Same As Content Area Reading By Tim Shanahan Recently, Cyndie Shanahan and I published a study on disciplinary literacy in the Journal of Literacy Research (Shanahan, C. Shanahan, T., & Misichia, 2011). In the study we report on our efforts to identify the special nature of literacy in three disciplines. We … [Read more...] about Disciplinary Literacy Is NOT The Same As Content Area Reading
The Simple View Of Reading
The Simple View Of Reading Research of Importance to All Educators By Linda Farrell, Marcia Davidson, Michael Hunter and Tina Osenga In spite of its importance in the world of reading research, many practicing educators do not know about the Simple View of Reading. It is a formula based on the widely accepted view that reading has two basic … [Read more...] about The Simple View Of Reading
Hasbrouck-Tindal Table Of Oral Reading Fluency Norms
Hasbrouck-Tindal Table Of Oral Reading Fluency Norms By Jan Hasbrouck and Gerald Tindal Jan Hasbrouck and Gerald Tindal completed an extensive study of oral reading fluency in 2004. The results of their study are published in a technical report entitled, "Oral Reading Fluency: 90 Years of Measurement," which is available on the University of … [Read more...] about Hasbrouck-Tindal Table Of Oral Reading Fluency Norms
Dolch Sight Words
Dolch Sight Words Click below to download this PDF. … [Read more...] about Dolch Sight Words
Report Of The National Reading Panel: Teaching Children To Read – A Summary Report
Report Of The National Reading Panel: Teaching Children To Read - A Summary Report National Institute of Child Health and Human Development MEMBERS INTRODUCTION METHODOLOGICAL OVERVIEW FINDINGS AND DETERMINATIONS OF THE NATIONAL READING PANEL BY TOPIC AREAS NEXT STEPS REFLECTIONS MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL READING PANEL Donald N. … [Read more...] about Report Of The National Reading Panel: Teaching Children To Read – A Summary Report