5 Recent Articles on the Reading Gap. Over the past couple of months, I was asked to write about reading given interest in my new ‘reading gap’ book. Below is a list of the articles you can access online, along with a short summary: ‘Motivating children to read during lockdown’ – see HERE. This short piece, for Families Magazine, has a target auidence of parents (though it may well be handy for teachers too), with 5 tips for fostering reading motivation. 2. 3. ‘4 things parents need to know about ‘reading barriers’ and how to overcome them’ – see HERE. 4. 5. ‘5 ways to know if your child is struggling with reading’ – see HERE.
You can find further free resources on reading on my resources page HERE. Related. Lost Reading Instruction Blues: What's a Worried Parent to Do? | Shanahan on Literacy. Lost Reading Instruction Blues: What's a Worried Parent to Do? Subscribe to Blog amount of reading Reading comprehension 18 July, 2020 16 Comments Parent question: As a parent, I’m worried about my children being out of school during the pandemic. Our district still hasn’t decided whether or how to open again this fall, so it isn’t even clear if they will be going back to school. Shanahan respond: Usually the questions I’m asked can be answered from research or my own experiences as a teacher or school administrator. I’ll do my best to generalize from what I do know about more usual instructional situations. There are three things that make a difference in academic learning – the amount of teaching, what is taught, and how well it is taught.
The first of these is the amount of teaching and practice the students get. Going forward, we aren’t apt to be as lucky. What can you do to keep the time loss from being debilitating? This is a great time to get kids writing, as well. Comments Donna Bales. Excellence in research: inspiring creative pedagogies | Research-Rich Pedagogies. 5 Helpful Websites on Reading for Teachers. There are vast array of brilliant websites about reading that would help teachers of all stripes in their daily work.
Some cover useful reading materials, whereas others dig into the science of reading. There are simply too many websites to do justice to here, but here are five of the websites I have returned to regularly in the last few years: School Reading List. This website is my go to resource for book lists for all different phases. It helpfully offers an accessible site-map too and is a great start to hunting down reading materials. 2. 3. 4. 5. There are countless reading researchers, bloggers, websites, guidance reports and books, that this blog couldn’t possibly do justice to – but do add any of your favourites in the comments.
Related reading: Do search out my ‘Closing the Reading Gap’ Reading List tool on my Resources page HERE. Related. 5 Recent Articles on the Reading Gap.