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Teen boy running across a book wedged between two mountain tops

Fluent Reading

Often called the bridge to comprehension, reading fluency includes three primary components: accuracy, speed, and prosody.

Flyaway
Lucy Christopher

Flyaway

Genre:
Fiction
Age Level:
Middle Grade

If Isla can save the swans, perhaps she can save her father and the boy she’s met.

Flygirl
Sherri L. Smith

Flygirl

Genre:
Fiction, Historical Fiction
Age Level:
Middle Grade

During World War II, an African-American woman named Ida decides to pass as white in order to become a WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilot). The book focuses on the lives and adventures of these pilots, making it a fast-paced, lively read. Though there is no official record of an African-American in the WASPS, the other historical details are accurate and informative.

For Black Girls Like Me
Mariama Lockington

For Black Girls Like Me

Genre:
Fiction
Age Level:
Middle Grade

Eleven-year-old Makeda dreams of meeting her African American mother, while coping with serious problems in her white adopted family, a cross-country move, and being homeschooled.

Neil Gaiman

M Is for Magic

Genre:
Short Stories
Age Level:
Middle Grade
Master storyteller Neil Gaiman presents a breathtaking collection of tales for younger readers that may chill or amuse, but that always embrace the unexpected.
Caitlin Johnson

For Teens, Phonics Isn't Enough

Schools often struggle to find appropriate materials and approaches to support adolescent literacy. Strategies that work for children can ignore teens’ existing skills, knowledge, and life experience, and exclude them from the critical content that their peers are studying. Here are some effective teaching strategies for struggling older students.