Search Book Theme Book Theme Show options… Action and Adventure Activism and Social Issues Activities, Crafts and Games Airplanes and Flight Alphabet Books Animals Archaeology and Museums Architecture and Building Art and Photography Astronomy and Space Beach and Ocean Bedtime Stories Bugs and Snakes Bullying Cars, Trains, Boats and Things that Go Clothing and Fashion Colors and Patterns Communities Counting, Numbers, Math and Measuring Days of the Week, Months Deafness and Sign Language Detectives and Spies Dinosaurs Everyday Activities and Play Families Feelings and Emotions Food and Cooking Friendship and Kindness Geography and Cultures Ghost Stories and Halloween Government Growing Up Health and Our Bodies History Holidays and Celebrations Humor Imagination Immigrant Stories Inventions and Inventors Jobs People Have Learning Differences Lullabies Magic Medieval Tales (Knights, Kings, Princesses, and Castles) Music, Dance, Theater and Movies Nature and the Environment Nursery Rhymes Opposites People with Disability Pets Rhyming, Word Play and Sounds School Science and Technology Seasons Shapes and Sizes Spirituality Sports Superheroes Telling Time Weather Words and Vocabulary Writers and Writing Grade Level Grade Level Show options… Babies and Toddlers Pre-K K-1 2-3 4-5 Topic Topic Show options… About Reading Activities Advocacy Afterschool and Community Programs Alphabet Knowledge Assessment and Evaluation Assistive Technology Autism Spectrum Disorder Background Knowledge Children’s Books Classroom Management Common Core Standards Comprehension Content Area Literacy Curriculum and Instruction Developmental Milestones Differentiated Instruction Dyslexia Early Literacy Development Ed Tech and Digital Media English Language Learners Executive Function Fluency Inclusion Intervention and Prevention Learning Disabilities Libraries Motivation Oral Language Parent Engagement Phonics and Decoding Phonological and Phonemic Awareness Preschool and Child Care Print Awareness Professional Development Reading Aloud Reading and the Brain RTI and MTSS School-Wide Efforts Social-Emotional Learning Special Education Speech, Language, and Hearing Spelling and Word Study STEM Literacy Struggling Readers Summer Reading Teacher Education Tutoring and Volunteering Vocabulary Writing Series Series Show options… Meet the Authors Meet the Experts PBS Shows Webcasts In the Classroom Literacy at Home The writing-reading connection Steve Graham explains the strong relationship between reading and writing. Learning to love complex text Jago discusses the difference between readability and Lexile levels versus true text complexity. What are the differences between reading and speech? Although both printed code and speech are ways of representing language, they are not identical—people do not talk the way that they write. Social growth and summer Summer programs encourage a child’s social and emotional growth through new friendships, mentors, and new experiences that show a child what he can do. Parents and bilingualism Dr. Diane August discusses the importance of encouraging parents to maintain their family’s home language. Close reading: what it looks like in K-5 Dr. Frey describes close reading in grades K-5. The strengths of students with autism The many strengths of students with autism create rich opportunities for reading instruction. Maria Salvadore: Finding the Right Books Children’s literature expert Maria Salvadore discusses books for boys, finding books for struggling readers, and the power of poems. Guiding students through difficult books Jago explains what a good teacher can do to teach complex books and build reading rigor. How does a teacher’s expertise contribute to helping kids read? Teachers have enormous amounts of expertise that would be invaluable to researchers; bringing together these two groups is mutually beneficial. Pagination First Previous … Page 5 Page 6 Current page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 … Next Last Liked it? Share it!
The writing-reading connection Steve Graham explains the strong relationship between reading and writing.
Learning to love complex text Jago discusses the difference between readability and Lexile levels versus true text complexity.
What are the differences between reading and speech? Although both printed code and speech are ways of representing language, they are not identical—people do not talk the way that they write.
Social growth and summer Summer programs encourage a child’s social and emotional growth through new friendships, mentors, and new experiences that show a child what he can do.
Parents and bilingualism Dr. Diane August discusses the importance of encouraging parents to maintain their family’s home language.
The strengths of students with autism The many strengths of students with autism create rich opportunities for reading instruction.
Maria Salvadore: Finding the Right Books Children’s literature expert Maria Salvadore discusses books for boys, finding books for struggling readers, and the power of poems.
Guiding students through difficult books Jago explains what a good teacher can do to teach complex books and build reading rigor.
How does a teacher’s expertise contribute to helping kids read? Teachers have enormous amounts of expertise that would be invaluable to researchers; bringing together these two groups is mutually beneficial.
