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Posts Tagged ‘Reading’

Celebrate Reading Success at Briarcliff Elementary, Cary NC

Its called Read-a-Book Get-a-Book! Learn more at www.BillFletcher.com

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.

Will Smith – Running & Reading (The Key to Life)

A video I made featuring Will’s inspirational speech after winning at the 2005 Kid’s Choice Awards… accompanied by an awesome instrumental (For Da Love of Da Game) from DJ Jazzy Jeff’s 2002 Album, The Magnificent.

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

Learning Rx Brain Training – Brain Training makes learning easier

Learning Rx Brain Training Centers provide Brain Training that makes a difference. At Learning Rx We make Learning Easier. Visit www.LearningRx.com for helpful articles and ideas on what can be done to address learning and reading struggles. Our Brain Training Centers pinpoint learning and reading struggles using our Cognitive Skills Profile so we can work with you to actually make learning and reading easier. www.LearningRx.com 4 min. overview of Learning Rx.

Reading Success Video

Highlights the Reading Success program, which aims to build literacy skills to ensure all students are able to read at grade level by the end of 3rd grade.

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.

Mumford and Sons backstage at the Reading Festival

Marcus and Ben from Mumford and Sons admit they still like to ride on the tube, despite the band’s success…Reading backstage interview. . Follow us on twitter at twitter.com .

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.