Reading, candy and selfies: UA president makes impression with Akron kindergarteners
The UA president came prepared with a book and a box of Airheads, and sat on the carpet with students to read to them about ...
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To boost kids’ reading, Minnesota schools start to shift the way they teach
Minnesota schools are working now to overhaul literacy teaching to comply with a new state statute, the Read Act. A visit to ...
Children's reading and spelling improve with word part instruction, study shows
Teaching children how to identify and combine parts of words is an important component of a comprehensive approach to reading ...
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Birmingham mother pleased with new program helping her son's reading skills
The program is called "Coaching a Better Reader Family," and Caves encourages all families to participate. She boasts that ...
Seeking reading materials to add to your parenting tool kit for young kids? These books can help.
Educators are often asked “how do you know that your teaching is working?” One of my favorite stories involves a teacher who ...
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Bill to mandate ‘science of reading’ in California schools faces teachers union opposition
Although phonics, the ability to connect letters to sounds, has drawn the most attention, the science of reading focuses on four other pillars of literacy instruction: phonemic awareness, identifying ...
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State literacy task force echoes call for more reading coaches, specialists
All the districts emphasized phonics, phonemic awareness and other reading techniques in kindergarten and first grade, she said. They also fostered “rich literacy environments” with read-alongs, ...