The Impacts of Daily Reading on Academic Achievement. …what we have loved, Others will love, and we will teach them how (Wordsworth, 1888).
This quote embodies my belief about reading and is at the top of my Books 2014 page, which charts my attempts to read 100 books this year. It also heads my latest essay documenting my research into the impact daily reading can have on overall achievement in middle-school learners. I have always believed that reading has a significant impact on our understanding and appreciation of the world.
As both a life-long passionate reader and an experienced English Language Arts teacher, I have witnessed first-hand the impact that reading has on the ability of learners in terms of comprehension, grammar, empathy, confidence, vocabulary and expression. This paper sets out to synthesize existing data and research on SSR, also referred to as DIRT (Daily Independent Reading Time), DEAR (Drop Everything and Read, Hopkins, 2007) or SQUIRT (Super Quiet Reading Time, Garan & DeVoogd, 2008).
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If I could be paid to be a professional reader, it would be a dream job. Books - 2014. MrsHollyEnglish : Love #reading so much, am... MrsHollyEnglish : @MrsHollyEnglish: Lunchtime... Teaching Figurative Language. Sometimes, with all the best will in the world, and even with eons of research and hours of planning, the best lessons are the spontaneous ones.
The ones that serendipitously arise from teachable moments. I experienced such as occasion over the past week. My Year 8s are learning about different cultures and traditions around the world. Underpinning the unit is the novel Ties That Bind, Ties That Break by Lensey Namioke, which concerns foot binding in China at the beginning of the twentieth century. From this, I teach note-taking and search strategies, while groups learn to research customs and traditions of a country of their choice. A new teacher joined our team part way through this unit. Recommendations for younger and older readers @teachmama. Today is Multicultural Children’s Book Day, and we are celebrating diversity in children’s literature!
Woo-hoo! You better believe I’m all for it. Our kids must read a wide variety of books, books that feature characters of all shapes and sizes. They need to read about different families, foods, and cultures. Different holidays, customs, and crafts. Can reading make you smarter? When I was eight years old, I still couldn't read.
I remember my teacher Mrs Browning walking over to my desk and asking me to read a few sentences from a Dick and Jane book. She pointed to a word. "Tuh-hee," I said, trying to pronounce it. "The," she said, correcting me, and that's when it clicked – the moment when I learned to read the word "the". Growing up in Teaneck, New Jersey, in the 1960s, I was what Mrs Browning called "slow".
Learners' Reading Challenge 2014. I have an obsession with books - as you may see from my posts: I recently read an interesting post on Donalyn Miller's (@donalynbooks) The Book Whisperer blog entitled, 'What the Kardashians taught me about reading' by Christopher Lehman (@iChrisLehman).
In it, Lehman suggests that we should learn from this family's technique of marketing themselves and, as educators, "brand ourselves as readers just as carefully so our students have that vision to aspire to". I think am along the way to doing so: I read to share, I have created a library in my classroom of books I have personally read for my learners to borrow, they start every lesson with silent reading, they read for homework and keep a reading journal to document it, they write about their reading regularly. World Read Aloud Day. What the Kardashians Taught Me About Reading Instruction (No, For Real) UserID: iCustID:
Daytripper: Review. Daytripper by Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon What are the most important days of your life?
Daytripper is a beautiful collection of ten stories by Brazilian twin brothers that uses the quiet moments to ask the big questions. Orignally published as ten comics, Daytripper follows the life of one man, Bras de Olivias Dominguez. Each of the ten stories features an important period in Bras’s life and each ends the same way: with his death. Like a puzzle, the stories fit together to weave a complete tale. A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel: Review. A Wrinkle in Time is a classic children's favourite.
Somehow - don't ask me how - it had gone under my radar until I read When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead, in which time travel plays a huge part due to Miranda, the protagonist, being a fan of L'Engle's novel. And so I bought the graphic novel. Must Reads for 2014. Books - 2014. Eleanor & Park: Review. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell John Green, who happens to be one of my favourite YA authors, sums this book up perfectly: “Eleanor & Park reminded me not just what it’s like to be young and in love with a girl, but also what it’s like to be young and in love with a book.” KerriNTurner : Truth! #reading #booklove... RichardsonLiza : Books are better... #booklove... Books - 2014. Review: Solanin. Solanin by Inio Asano Asano wrote Solanin when he had just graduated from college. It is a document of the transitional time between leaving education and entering the real world.
Asano said he "was feeling a bit insecure about my ability to succeed as a manga artist and whether I would be able to continue to draw manga that were true to myself. In my anxiety and impatience, I felt that all I could do in my manga was try to get a true depiction of the times as experienced by my generation. " I remember this time well. This beautifully drawn manga depicts Tokyo and the lives of a group of friends in that very position. MrsHollyEnglish : I just started #solanin #books... MrsHollyEnglish : Holiday #reading... #books... MrsHollyEnglish : #reading journal entry Y8;... Kindles: Could they re-engage Net-Gen with reading? There is much evidence to acknowledge that literacy today is not the same as literacy yesterday. Emerging literacies and new ways of reading, along with our interpretation of what actually makes a text, means that educators need to address new ways of engaging learners when it comes to reading. Kress (2003) suggests that transformations in digital technologies have forced teachers to rethink what literacy means (Bormann & Lowe, 2010), and Patrick Carman, author of the popular "Skeleton Creek" and "Trackers" series (Scholastic) suggests that technology can “enrich fictional narrative and engage young readers” (School Library Journal, 2011).
When it comes to encouraging children to read, Carman says that, "we need to get smart about tech" (School Library Journal, 2011) and e-readers could be just the solution to re-engage digital learners. What are e-readers? E-readers are electronic devices upon which books can be downloaded and read. Figure 1. Kindles: Could they re-engage Net-Gen with reading? Kindles: Could they re-engage Net-Gen with reading? MrsHollyEnglish : Looking forward to #RoaldDahlDay... MrsHollyEnglish : #Reading corner #edchat #teachers... 5 Ways to Become Reacquainted with Your Inner-Reader.
5 Ways to Become Reacquainted with Your Inner-Reader Posted on Thu, Aug 22, 2013 @ 08:40 AM If you’re a bona fide bookphile, this blog may not resonate with you, but we anticipate that many teachers may have fallen out of love with books—or perhaps they do love reading, but feel that they just don’t have the time for it anymore. Summer Reading. We are back to school next week. We kicked off with a few days of PD, and ended for a long Independence Day holiday weekend, by being treated to a wonderful sun-soaked afternoon on the top of the iconic Marina Bay Sands hotel.
I have had a great summer - lots of sunshine, swimming and reading. I found a great balance between relaxing and learning, and thought I would list the great books I had the pleasure to read over the six week break. FictionCoraline (graphic novel) by Neil Gaiman and P Craig RussellTooth and Nail by Ian RankinStrip Jack by Ian RankinThe Great Gatsby by F Scott FitzgeraldBlack Swan Green by David MitchellMockingbird by Katherine ErskineWhen You Reach Me by Rebecca SteadLove, Stargirl by Jerry SpinelliWhile I Live by John MarsdenShakespeare's Star Wars by Ian DoescherThe Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M DanforthOut of My Mind by Sharon DraperThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman.
Summer Reading. MrsHollyEnglish : Today's beach #read. Does it... The Adjectives of Cormac McCarthy’s Road. Creating Great Summer Reading Plans.