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Reading Adventure Pack: Robots

Reading Adventure Pack: Robots

Go on a “robot” reading adventure! Teachers can support reading together at home with our reading adventure packs — designed to encourage hands-on fun and learning centered around paired fiction and nonfiction books. (Recommended level: second or grade)

Reading Adventure Pack: Rocks

Reading Adventure Pack: Rocks

Go on a “rocks” reading adventure! Teachers can support reading together at home with our reading adventure packs — designed to encourage hands-on fun and learning centered around paired fiction and nonfiction books. (Recommended level: first or second grade)

Mother and daughter painting an environmental mural together

Reading Adventure Packs: A School-to-Home Project

The home is the child’s first classroom and parents are the first teachers. Parents who read to their children everyday and talk about what they are reading together promote a joy of reading and literacy achievement. How can teachers encourage reading at home and support the role of parents as educators? One way is through the use of our reading adventure packs — a theme-based collection of books and related interactive activities that kids bring home from school to share with their family.

Reading Adventure Pack: Sleep

Reading Adventure Pack: Sleep

Go on a “sleepy” reading adventure! Teachers can support reading together at home with our reading adventure packs — designed to encourage hands-on fun and learning centered around paired fiction and nonfiction books. (Recommended level: kindergarten)

Reading Adventure Pack: Stars

Reading Adventure Pack: Stars

Go on a “night sky” reading adventure! Teachers can support reading together at home with our reading adventure packs — designed to encourage hands-on fun and learning centered around paired fiction and nonfiction books. (Recommended level: third grade)

Reading Adventure Pack: The Lorax

Reading Adventure Pack: The Lorax

Go on a “Lorax” reading adventure! Teachers can support reading together at home with our reading adventure packs — designed to encourage hands-on fun and learning centered around paired fiction and nonfiction books. (Recommended level: first grade)

Reading Adventure Pack: The Snowy Day

Reading Adventure Pack: The Snowy Day

Go on a “snowy day” reading adventure! Teachers can support reading together at home with our reading adventure packs — designed to encourage hands-on fun and learning centered around paired fiction and nonfiction books. (Recommended level: kindergarten)

Reading Adventure Pack: Time

Reading Adventure Pack: Time

Go on a “time” reading adventure! Teachers can support reading together at home with our reading adventure packs — designed to encourage hands-on fun and learning centered around paired fiction and nonfiction books. (Recommended level: first grade)

Reading Adventure Pack: Weather

Reading Adventure Pack: Weather

Go on a “weather” reading adventure! Teachers can support reading together at home with our reading adventure packs — designed to encourage hands-on fun and learning centered around paired fiction and nonfiction books. (Recommended level: first or second grade)

Reading Adventure Pack: Where the Wild Things Are

Reading Adventure Pack: Where the Wild Things Are

Go on a “Wild Thing” reading adventure! Teachers can support reading together at home with our reading adventure packs — designed to encourage hands-on fun and learning centered around paired fiction and nonfiction books. (Recommended level: kindergarten)

Reading Aloud to Build Comprehension

Reading Aloud to Build Comprehension

This article discusses the power of reading aloud and goes a step further to discuss the power of thinking out loud while reading to children as a way to highlight the strategies used by thoughtful readers.

Birds-eye view of mother at home reading picture book to young child

Read Aloud Daily: Practical Ideas for Parents

Preschoolers who are getting ready to read expand their knowledge of the building blocks of oral and written language, and their use and appreciation of language. Learn activities parents can use at home to support children’s growth in each of these areas.

Elementary student in class thinking pensively about the lesson

Reading (and Scaffolding) Expository Texts

To help students comprehend expository text structures, teachers can acquaint them with the signal or cue words authors utilize in writing each of the structures and use the graphic organizers offered in this article

3 elementary students writing on flip chart in social studies unit

Reading and Understanding Written Math Problems

Word problems in mathematics often pose a challenge because they require that students read and comprehend the text of the problem, identify the question that needs to be answered, and finally create and solve a numerical equation. Many ELLs may have difficulty reading and understanding the written content in a word problem.
elementary teacher working one-on-one with female student

Reading Difficulties and Family History

Knowing children with a family history of difficulties are more likely to have trouble learning to read means that efforts can be made with these children to prevent difficulties from developing.
illustration of young girl struggling with reading and writing

Is It a Reading Disorder or Developmental Lag?

How do parents know if their child’s reading delay is a real problem or simply a “developmental lag?” How long should parents wait before seeking help if their child is struggling with reading? Susan Hall answers these questions.

Elementary boy in yellow plaid shirt taking a test

Reading Fluency: Assessment

An informal assessment of reading fluency, including what the assessment measures, when is should be assessed, examples of questions, and the age or grade at which the assessment should be mastered.

preschooler with picture book

Reading for Information

Don’t forget to add non-fiction books to your reading routine! Kids can follow their own interests and learn about the world around them by reading about bugs, dinosaurs, or outer space. You can also use the information in books to do activities at home – make green eggs and ham like Sam I Am, or a newspaper hat like Curious George!

Reading for Meaning with Your Child

Reading for Meaning with Your Child

Reading with comprehension means understanding what’s been read. Here is a before-during-after approach that families can use to help children learn to read for understanding.

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