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Tag: reading comprehension
Secondary Reading Intervention
If you were tasked with developing a secondary reading intervention program from "the ground up," where would you start and what resources would you consider using?…
Reading Grade Levels
When discussing reading grade levels, we can get deeply into the weeds. However the purpose of this article is to help teachers deal with the parent…
Reading Comprehension Cues
I developed the five simple SCRIP Comprehension Cues to help students improve their reading comprehension by building better and deeper understanding of the text as they…
Silent Reading Fluency
A bad habit is hard to break, especially when it's a bad reading habit. However, replacing bad reading habits with good ones can significantly improve silent…
Movie First, Book Second
Want your students to get the most out of reading a class novel? Want more of your students to actually read the whole book? What to…
Reading Counts! Claims and Counterclaims
The purpose of this article on Reading Counts! is threefold: 1. To briefly summarize the basics of the Reading Counts! (RC) independent reading management program 2.…
Reading Incentive Ideas
As an M.A. reading specialist, I have served in elementary, middle school, high school, and community college settings. Getting kids and adults to put down their…
Level Books with Word Recognition
Much better to affirm parental judgment in terms of which books are challenging for their own children. Even much better to equip students with self-selection of…