literacy
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Collaborative Lesson Authoring Builds Teacher Capacity, Student Literacy in Grand Prairie
To encourage close reading and better writing across the curriculum, Grand Prairie worked with SREB to introduce the Literacy Design Collaborative, a nonprofit offering a collection of open writing prompts and a collaborative lesson authoring environment.
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Leading Personalized Learning Literacy Tools
By: Emily Kirkpatrick. With literacy tools, as we get better and better at engaging student passions and stoking their curiosity, we will continue to open doors to new possibilities for learning and achievement.
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20 Must-Read Children’s Books for Back to School
My daughter loves to read, and many of the Getting Smart staffers have children that love to read too. Inspired by our kids, here's 20 must read children's books to kick start the "back to school" season.
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Top 20 New Children’s Books to Read With Your Kids
Watching her own child discover a love of learning, Bonnie decided to ask the parents of children around her, and found out about some of the more recent books for kids that are kid tested and parented approved. Here's a top 20 list of new books to read with your kids this year.
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Mozilla and the Quest for Universal Web Literacy
Since schools and organizations will utilize the software created by companies like Mozilla, it’s increasingly important that there be open dialogue keeping the free exchange of ideas flowing. It is here that we get to the crux of whole-scale change: universal web literacy
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Why San Francisco’s Blended, Early Literacy Program is Working
By: Rachel Norris. Big changes are taking place in San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD). The district spent the past year implementing a blended, early literacy program that engages the community, including low-income students.
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Is Text-to-Speech Technology Beneficial for Struggling Readers?
By: Amy Foxwell. Without the enabling tool of assistive technology many students will be denied access to content that allows them to learn at the same rate as the other students.
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WriteReader: Flipping the Script on Literacy
WriteReader provides young learners an informal learning environment where they are free to experiment with the written language based on their knowledge of the spoken language. Students gain confidence and exposure to the world around them and the ways they are processing it.
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Standards Spotlight: Mastering Reading Standard 9
By: Brenda J. Overturf. Tips, strategies and tools for educators and administrators to help students master common core reading standard #9.
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Standards Spotlight: Mastering Reading Standard 2
By: Ray Reutzel. Here are tips and strategies to help educators and school leaders create learning experiences for students to help them more successfully demonstrate mastery of common core reading standard 2.