Posts Tagged ‘literacy’
Teacher Testimonial: Does Guided Reading Intervention Work?
www.fountasandpinnell.com Learning to read can be one of the most difficult things for children to accomplish. There are thousands of methods and products designed for teaching reading intervention. Does the guided reading intervention approach work for teaching reading to struggling students? In this interview a school literacy coordinator describe the success her school achieved by implementing the Leveled Literacy Intervention guided reading intervention system developed by Fountas & Pinnell. The Leveled Literacy Intervention program uses the guided reading teaching method and leveled books to assure that all students are able to read and comprehend the texts they are presented with. http
Six Steps to Reading Success for Children
Child Literacy 101 Series
Effective Literacy Practices – Making It Easy to Learn
Teachers build on a child’s strengths to create situations where the child will experience success in early literacy learning.
Speed Reading eBook Reader – QuickReader App for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch
itunes.apple.com Combining over 1 million free books, a beautiful and super customizable user interface, featuring touch-free reading and the #1 Speed Reading Technology makes QuickReader 3.0 an eBook Reader like no other! Featured on iTunes “What’s Hot” and “New and Noteworthy”! READ EBOOKS FASTER THAN EVER QuickReader gives you access to over 1 million free downloadable books right to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. With a highly customizable interface, you set the look and feel of your eBook reader from the color to the font size, perfect for just about anyone. Choose from the multiple preset color schemes or select from the thousands of colors to create your own individual style. Experience touch-free reading up to 4000 WPM with QuickReader’s Guided Reading Technology and avoid the hassle of constant page turning on the small screen. Turn on QuickReader’s #1 selling speed reading tools and learn to speed read using time-tested techniques that will have you reading faster by double or even triple in just 10 minutes per day! CAN I TRY BEFORE I BUY? Sure thing, download QuickReader Lite. It’s FREE: itunes.apple.com WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING “[QuickReader] brings a much-needed breath of fresh air to the world of speed reading apps.” — ReadWriteWeb “The best app I’ve seen thus far for reading e-books.” — What’s On iPhone See more user reviews at www.quickreader.net BENEFITS • Read millions of books and improve your productivity, for less than the cost of a paperback …
Effective Literacy Practices – Learning About Phonology & Orthography
Teachers explore ways that children learn about relationships between letters of written language and sounds of spoken language.
Effective Literacy Practices – Assessing Through Close Observation
Teachers discover that close, systematic observation is a way to assess rapid changes in literacy learning of young children.
Effective Literacy Practices – Phrasing in Fluent Reading
Teachers explore aspects of fluent reading, including the importance of phrased reading for young literacy learners.
Effective Literacy Practices – Teaching for Transfer – Strategic Activity
An exploration of strategic reading activities initiated by children and actions teachers can take to encourage those behaviors.
Reading Horizons Dyslexia Success Story: Shantell
Shantell discusses how Reading Horizons helped her dyslexic son improve his reading.
TUNEin to Reading Helping Struggling Readers Succeed
Discover how TUNEin to Reading has helped struggling readers find success. To date, TUNEin to Reading has helped over 10000 struggling readers gain 1+ year grade level improvements in just 9 weeks. Visit www.elpcorp.com to find out how.