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Author Erin Entrada Kelly wants readers to be able to choose the books that inspire and interest them.
Author Marilyn Singer suggests going easy on close text analysis and instead give kids lots of opportunities to really listen to poetry (make sure it’s the good stuff) and feel the emotion that’s in the text.
At any age, poor readers as a group exhibit weaknesses in phonological processing and word recognition speed and accuracy. When a student’s reading comprehension is more impaired than their listening comprehension, inaccurate and slow word recogn
School administrators have a critical leadership role to play in helping students become good readers. This article suggests seven key action steps on how principals and other administrators can create a school framework for success.
The authors discuss barriers that prevent teachers from applying research to practice and what resources you, as an instructional leader, can use to bridge the gap.
For those kids who need basic decoding instruction, targeted interventions are important. But for the others, teach reading using the books those students need to read in their other classes.