From Birth to Pre-School, When we Learn to Learn!
Kindergarten to 3rd Grade, When we Learn to Read!
4th Grade to Adult, When we Read to Learn!
Start with these Six-Simple-Steps Who? Choose a theme for your club. There should be no more than 6-8 total members. (A facilitator 16 years or older is suggested to run the club meetings for middle school clubs and younger.) (click for more)
Before young children can be successful readers, they should get experience with books as toys. Today’s future readers are “sensory” driven. They need to see, touch, and hear stories. (click for more)
Sustained Silent Reading (SSR) is that part of a school day where students read silently for 20 minutes with a book of choice. It’s pretty much the only time of the school day that students can choose their own books from the school library or bring a book from home to read. (click for more)
The school year has finally started and the first homework packet comes home. It’s a page of language arts, math, spelling, and some writing. There is also a reading log attached. It says read 20 minutes a day and turn it in on Friday. (click for more)