My job as a teacher who specializes in literacy is to provide learning opportunities that inspire a reader to enjoy the process of thinking

It is important to know words by sight because readers are able to spend less time on automatic word recognition and more time on understand

Qualities of a quality reading teacher or tutor.

I completely agree with the argument, just let them read what they want! However, if your reader struggles reading, guidance is definitely needed for a few reasons, but consider this one: there is a direct correlation between the reading skills and the desire to read. If you do not accomplish something well, do you want to continue doing it? I know I don't, so when I think of their struggle in that light, I am all on fire to help them find something that will spark their inte

Imagine for a moment that you have played a few games of basketball with your friends. You're struggling to dribble and every time you try to shoot the ball you airball it. Your friends stop passing the ball to you and you've ceased to enjoy playing this game - believing that you're terrible and there is no getting better. That perception does nothing for your desire to play the game. However, if you go out daily with the mentality that you're going to work on dribbling, ask

It is a fact that there is an academic summer loss. Unless parents are diligent about maintaining certain skills, your child will most likely forget some of what was taught. What you can do is pretty easy, it simply takes some prep time and the time to follow through with them, but for the sake of your child's learning, it is well worth it. Here are some tips in regards to reading over the summer: 1. Read more. There really is only one "secret" strategy in existence to incre