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Adolescent Literacy
http://www.ncrel.org/litweb/adolescent/
A collection to help practitioners, administrators, policymakers, and other stakeholders gather and apply knowledge of necessary elements of curriculum and instruction for adolescents with the goal of helping all students achieve success.
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Middle School
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Improving Reading Speed and Comprehension
http://www.schwablearning.org/articles.asp?r=722
What can be done to improve reading speed and comprehension skills? The recent report of the National Reading Panel had a whole chapter on reading fluency. And that’s really what we’re talking about is reading fluency and automaticity, which are directly linked to comprehension.
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Middle School
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Kids with Reading Problems in Middle and High School
http://www.schwablearning.org/articles.asp?r=719
Recently, there’s been a lot of research and discussion about early intervention and teaching basic reading skills to kids before the age of nine. But what happens to kids with delayed reading skills when they enter middle and high school? Are accommodations in the classroom enough? Is it too late to teach reading?
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Middle School
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Learning New Skills for Expository Reading
http://www.schwablearning.org/articles.asp?r=721
Will early intervention solve all reading problems, or are new skills needed after third grade? No, We are literally learning how to read in ever more sophisticated and nuanced ways all the way through school. That fourth-grade-and-above kind of reading that we do, which is referred to as expository reading — informational kinds of materials, whether they be articles on a website or classical textbooks — is tremendously more challenging than reading stories. And students do need direct instruction in the kinds of strategies that are helpful in reading this more complex expository, or informational, material.
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Middle School
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Reading Instruction for Older Struggling Readers
http://www.prel.org/products/Products/reading-instruction.pdf
As students progress through the grade levels, the demands of academically rigorous subject matter combined with greater dependence on informational text make it imperative for students to attain age-appropriate reading skills. Yet increasingly, numerous less proficient readers are found in grades four through eight. Although most have a command of social English, many students experience difficulties in reading and writing academic English. This briefing paper discusses possible reasons for the high number of older struggling readers, what teachers can do, and the importance of matching instruction to meet children's needs.
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Middle School
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Reading: How Parents Can Help Their Older Kids with Reading Problems
http://www.schwablearning.org/articles.asp?r=720#audio
How can parents help their older kids who struggle with reading improve literacy skills?
Kevin Feldman, Ed.D., Answers:
As a parent of a 12-year-old who’s behaving very much like a teenager, I can personally relate. I started my teaching career working with junior high school kids who had emotional and behavioral reading difficulties. Parents can help in all kinds of ways.
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Middle School
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RIF: Summer Reading Challenge
http://www.rif.org/summer/
Beginning in May, RIF and Target® invite you to make reading a part of summertime fun by tracking your reading hours online to win a Target GiftCard. Plus, you'll find activities, games, and ways to be a part of the RIF Reading Planet Club. Don't waste your summer spacing out—read!
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Middle School
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The BookHive: Your Guide to Children’s Literature and Books
http://www.bookhive.org/books/
BookHive is designed for students through age 12, their parents and teachers. Created by public librarians in North Carolina, the site lists good children's books arranged categorically. The lists provide a synopsis of the book, its intended audience, and occasional reviews.
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Middle School
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The Middle Grades: Putting All Students onTrack for College
http://www.prel.org/products/pn_/middle-grades.pdf
The focus of this briefing paper is to help middle grades educators close the opportunity gap for underserved students. The author provides reasons these grades are so critical to postsecondary preparation, background, examples, and recommendations for building school capacity to increase student performance for college access.
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Middle School
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Tips for Parents about Reading
http://www.nwrac.org/pub/tipsforparents.pdf
This publication offers practical ideas parents can use with children from birth through middle school to encourage and support reading proficiency. It also provides guidelines about what children typically can do at certain ages/stages of reading development and lists titles of kids' favorite books
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Middle School
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Your Child's Success in School Begins at Home
http://www.nea.org/parents/ppower.html
Your Child's Success in School Begins at Home: Each child's first teachers are adults in the home. To help out, the National Education Association offers this brief booklet of Home Learning Recipes for reading, math, science, and social studies for students in elementary and middle school - and problem-solving techniques for high schoolers.
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Middle School
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