1st Grade Reading Success

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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.

Bonneville Elementary receives a PRIDE award from publisher SRA/McGraw-Hill for adacemic performance improvement. SRA’s programs were implemented to improve student reading skills and increase performance on standardized tests. Over 81% of the school’s students are now reading on grade level.

A 3-year old sounds out 4 phoneme words that contain consonant blends. This process called segmentation is a very important language skill and a powerful predictor of future reading success.

Addressing the Challenges of Reading Informational Text” Explore some of the difficulties students may have with reading and understanding informational text as well as instructional strategies to support student success with informational text in the classroom and on the Ohio Achievement Test-Reading. Fostering Student Success on the OAT-Reading, Grades 57: Reading and Writing Informational Text webcast series provides classroom teachers, literacy and curriculum specialists, and other leaders in English language arts education with instructional strategies for supporting student success with informational texts in the classroom and on the Ohio Achievement Test-Reading. Go to the ORC site (ohiorc.org to watch webcasts that present 45-minute panel discussions exploring the teaching-learning implications sample OAT items, student responses, and ELA content standards suggest in relation to the reading and writing of informational text. Use the webcast viewing guides to initiate or continue professional dialogue and instructional planning on enhancing literacy in your school or district. In addition, take advantage of the webcasts’ mini-collections—small sets of ORC resources containing additional instructional examples, lesson ideas, and supplemental resource materials. Lastly, use the reference bibliographies provided for further information and reflection on effective teaching with informational texts.

We are reading excerpts from our recently published book: Success Stories in a Failing School: Teachers Living under the Shadow of NCLB. Pushing back against the label “failed”, eleven elementary school teachers have stepped out of the classroom to tell their stories. Their stories reveal how today’s teachers labor to make a difference in urban school struggling under the mandates of the No Child Left Behind legislation. Teachers living under the shadow of “NO Child Left Behind”.

Confidence Increased with Brain Training. Hear about how the readrx program at learningrx www.learningrx.com boosted her daughter’s self-esteem, love for reading and renewed her joy of learning. Visit www.learningrx.com to find out more. learningrx in Cary offers one-on-one brain training, helping turn your child’s weaknesses into strengths. At learningrx “We make Learning Easier.” Look into the help we have offered others and what we may be able to do for you at our website: www.learningrx.com or give us a call at 919-462-1215, we would be happy to talk with you about any brain training, learning or memory issues you would like to discuss.

Studies show nearly two-thirds of low-income families own no books for their children, yet book ownership is one of the strongest predictors of future reading success. To prevent the resulting achievement gap, Sheltering Arms Early Education & Family Centers launches the fourth year of Operation storybook. Operation storybook provides 2300 children—most from low-income working families–with 12 new books for their home libraries over the next year. Early learning and parent education programs bring these books alive for Sheltering Arms children and their families.

This is a sample of my best selling audio CD, ‘Memory and Learning for Success’, which is a sister product to the popular audio resource ‘Speed Reading for Success’. Using this CD, anyone can improve their memory in just a few hours. Perfect for students, business readers and anyone who wants to be able to recall at lot of facts or information in a short time. It’s based on my half day and full day training courses, so all the explanations and exercises are well tried and tested. If you like it, you can buy this CD from our website or from Amazon.com. It’s also available from our website in MP3 format.

Larry M., a 53 year old man who recently learned how to read through the Reading Horizons phonics software program, shares his story.

OPEN THE SKIES – HE SPOKE OF SUCCESS (LIVE) AT READING FACE BAR, 12TH AUGUST 2008. VISIT: WWW.MYSPACE.COM/OPENTHESKIESBAND