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 [...]

We know that good readers visualize characters or the information in the text as they are reading. Research shows that students  are more likely to remember new factual information in nonfiction books if the student tries to “see” the information as it is presented in the text. Teachers can help students better develop this ability [...]

Whether we want to admit it or not, we all like to see our name in print! Giving personalized books to our favorite children are great ways to motivate young children to read a book over and over again. Children love to identify with the characters in the book and personalized books quickly become the [...]