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How to Recharge Over Summer Break
Read more: How to Recharge Over Summer BreakThe school year is over. The paperwork is complete, grades are processed and submitted, and your classroom is clean and ready for next year. Time for a well-deserved break! Spending long hours in the classroom grading and carrying out all of the extra activities that are part of a teacher’s daily routine can make the…
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How Reading Changed My Life
Read more: How Reading Changed My LifeAnna Quindlen is a novelist and journalist whose work has appeared on fiction, nonfiction, and self-help bestseller lists. She is the author of eight novels and several nonfiction books. While a columnist at the New York Times, she won the Pulitzer Prize. How Reading Changed My Life, from which this selection is excerpted, explores the…
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Teachers, Read More Children’s Books!
Read more: Teachers, Read More Children’s Books!It’s no secret teachers work hard during the school year, but they enjoy their time off as much as the students do. However, even in their off time, teachers spend time getting ready for the next year, brushing up on new skills and techniques, and staying abreast of any changes made in national policy. Researchers…
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Reading Choice Matters
Read more: Reading Choice MattersStrategies 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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A Flood of Books During the Holidays
Read more: A Flood of Books During the HolidaysWhen children create Christmas lists in September and October, how many books make their way on those lists? If the student is an avid reader, probably quite a few. Otherwise, most parents would be hard pressed to find one sample of literature found wrapped under a tree on December 24th. However, that is not the…
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Our Partner, The National Summer Learning Association
Read more: Our Partner, The National Summer Learning AssociationKids Read Now, a 501C(3) nonprofit, was founded in 2010 to expand summer learning and eliminate the summer reading slide. Since its creation, this summer reading program has made an impressive impact on the tens of thousands of children that have participated. They have received books that they choose weekly, encouraging them to read by…
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Ohio Awarded Literacy Grant
Read more: Ohio Awarded Literacy GrantA variety of elements go into building strong readers. Access to books is crucial, not only in the classroom but at home. Keeping students engaged in reading on a year-round basis is a proven way to keep their reading levels on par with peers. Developing lifelong readers can even help families improve literacy. But, like…