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    Building a Community of Year-Round Readers

    Claire Kliss believes that getting students excited about reading requires a commitment to building (and feeding) a community. In Language Magazine’s April 2020 article, Building a Community of Year-Round Readers, she discusses how she’s making a difference in her district. Read the article here

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  • A young African-American boy in a backpack and a pandemic mask holds two colorful books under his left arm and makes the thumbs up gesture with his right hand.

    By Christina Brownlee

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    Troy nonprofit sending books to students during coronavirus shutdown to prevent learning loss

    by: Aliah Williamson, WDTN NEWS Link to the original post TROY, Ohio (WDTN) – Every summer since 2012, the Kids Read Now organization sends books to 130 different school districts to combat “summer slide” or learning loss. This year, as the coronavirus shut down could potentially keep kids out of school for at least 5…

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  • Build Your own Home Library

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    Build Your own Home Library

    There is no way it can be stressed enough: the benefits of having books in the home are crucial to future reading success. Think about your children’s toys. If there are toys in the house where children have access, they are going to play with them. The same holds true with books. The easier it…

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  • Child reading for pleasure in a book store

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    The Benefits of Reading For Pleasure

    Sitting down with a good book for pleasure is much different than sitting down to go over tax documents or reading a book that you are analyzing for a paper. Readers relax when they read for pleasure. They make a comfortable space and do all they cannot be interrupted while they devour tales of trips…

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  • Reading Choice

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    Reading Choice Matters

    Strategies to get students to read more have many similarities to strategies for getting children to eat more vegetables. Much like vegetables, when it comes to getting children to read, giving them the ability to choose what they want to learn will get them to read more. Choices, like reaching for carrots instead of chips,…

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