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Posted by The Weaver on 7th January in buiilding strong readers

Time and Reading

Posted by The Weaver on 28th April in buiilding strong readers

Reading is a participation sport!  It can’t be emphasized enough that if we want children to become strong and capable readers, they have to actually READ – plain and simple.  Think about it.  If you wanted to get better at your favorite sport,  how would you do it?  First you would ensure that you had [...]

Reading Response Journals

Posted by KTankersley on 3rd February in buiilding strong readers

Reading response journals can be a great way of helping students of all reading abilities think about the things that happen in a story they are reading.  I like to use a spiral binder for this purpose. When students start a new text, they write the details such as title, author, publication date and so [...]

Segmenting and Blending

Posted by KTankersley on 20th January in buiilding strong readers

Here is a great way to help children practice segmenting and blending in a fun way. Give students a stretchable item such as silly putty or a slinky. Give them a word to “stretch out” into it’s segmented parts. As they stretch out the word slowly, tell them to stretch the item they are holding. [...]

Understanding the Characters

Posted by KTankersley on 9th January in buiilding strong readers

In our diverse culture, students bring their own culture to the reading experience. We can help students better understand the characters in the fiction they are reading by asking them to consider the perspectives a character might have rather than looking at the issues or problems from their own background or cultural perspective. Some questions [...]

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