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Aug 07, 2012
Reading Assessment
Reading assessments can be a useful part a reading programme, as long as their aim is to help students become fluent readers who understand what they read. Reading assessments done before a child begins reading have the benefit of placing...
Aug 06, 2012
What is Guided Reading
Guided Reading is an essential part of any early literacy programme. In a guided reading session within the classroom, students are placed into small groups according to their level of reading ability. Of course, even in a small group there...
Aug 06, 2012
What are Sight Words?
Sight words are the words that appear most frequently in our reading and writing. Often these words do not have a concrete image that accompanies them. They are high-frequency words that may not be able to be pictured, and as...
Aug 06, 2012
Reading to Children
It’s easy to focus on how important reading to children is. Reading to children is undoubtedly of immense importance to their reading life, as it provides them with opportunities to develop essential pre-reading skills, as well as models for fluent...