Although these items are being replaced with newer technology, the strategies below can still be effective to use with your students. A limited number of these items are still available in our lending library. ********************************************************** AnyBook Reader for Kids ********************************************************** Alternative Uses: Place stickers at pre designated spots in text for students to stop and answer… Read More AnyBook Reader For Kids
Sparkup Digital Reader for Kids
Although these items are being replaced with newer technology, the strategies below can still be effective to use with your students. A limited number of these items are still available in our lending library. ********************************************************** Sparkup Digital Reader for Kids ********************************************************** Ideas for Young Children: Make touch points on a book that will help to focus… Read More Sparkup Digital Reader for Kids
Writing Across the Content Areas
It is important for students to have daily opportunities to write. One way to provide regular writing practice for students is to ask them to write about what they are learning during math, science, and social studies lessons. A great benefit of writing about a specific content area is that it increases comprehension. Research… Read More Writing Across the Content Areas
eBooks Can Improve Phonological Awareness Skills, Alphabetic Knowledge, and Vocabulary
Research on the efficacy of digital books supporting literacy development for young children is overwhelmingly positive for children with and without disabilities. Electronic books can support literacy development in the areas of phonological awareness skills, alphabetic knowledge, and vocabulary development (Salmon, 2013). Research Even with the knowledge of benefits children derive from electronic books, the… Read More eBooks Can Improve Phonological Awareness Skills, Alphabetic Knowledge, and Vocabulary
Meaningful Writing Prompts
Now that you are ready to teach writing skills and your students have the necessary means to write, what comes next? Richard Allington (2012) reminds us that students should be given opportunities to write about something personally meaningful every day. Let’s examine some great ideas for writing prompts that will be meaningful and interesting to… Read More Meaningful Writing Prompts
The Choice is Theirs: Allowing Students to Select Texts
Self-Selected Reading involves much more than just allowing students to quietly flip through books. You can use this time to expose students to a variety of text types and genres that they might not otherwise encounter. This could be the first step toward a lifelong love of reading. Research Comprehensive literacy instruction in your… Read More The Choice is Theirs: Allowing Students to Select Texts
Encouraging Writing in Early Childhood
One approach that is simple to implement and inclusive of children with and without disabilities is called Big Paper. Big Paper involves seating small groups of children around a large piece of bulletin board or butcher paper that is placed across a table or on the floor. Research Learning to write is a complex… Read More Encouraging Writing in Early Childhood
