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). References.
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Magazine. Magazine. Magazine. Magazine. Books - 2014. What we have lovedOthers will loveAnd we will teach them how - William Wordsworth I love reading. If I could be paid to be a professional reader, it would be a dream job. As an English teacher, I also read lots of Young Adult Fiction, so I can recommend great books to my leaners. However, my memory is shocking. Therefore, I have decided to keep a record of all the great books I read this year, so I have an archive to refer to for myself, my friends, my PLN and my learners. Novels Mice by Gordon Reece Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier So Yesterday by Scott Westerfeld The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky More Than This by Patrick Ness The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schnieder The Village by the Sea Anita Desai Faking Normal by Courtney C.
Hate List by Jennifer Brown Attachments by Rainbow Rowell Hatchet by Gary Paulsen Twelve by Nick McDonnell Loser by Jerry Spinelli Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech. 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.
The culmination of the project is an exhibition of their findings. A new teacher joined our team part way through this unit. I happened to be reading The Impossible Knife of Memory at the same time, and found some excellent passages, which also led to a reading and analysis of Dulce et Decorum est! The results were astounding. 10 must-read multicultural children’s books | 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. Different experiences, events, and celebrations. It’s imperative that our books reflect the world around us, and, in my opinion, there’s no better way to open up the doors of conversation and learning rather than with books. And though there are a million, trillion books out there, today you’ll be able to add some great, new titles to your list for your next library trip, thanks to my list here and the many other bloggers who are writing about their favorite multicultural children’s books today. Here’s the skinny. . . 10 Must-Read Multicultural Children’s Books: I’ll be honest. Want to know a bit more about Multicultural Children’s Book Day? 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". During a parent-teacher meeting, she told my mother: "Daniel is a slow learner. " I sat during lunch in the gymnasium with the – forgive the term – dumb kids. And then, a year later, I was rescued by Spider-Man. By age 11, I was getting straight As. In part to answer that question, I spent three years interviewing psychologists and neuroscientists around the world, reviewing their studies and testing new methods they claim can increase intelligence.
That goes for all three meanings of the word "intelligence" widely recognised by psychologist. 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.
My Book-a-Month Challenge 2014 shows how some Twitter friends and I have started a virtual book club and have challenged ourselves to read (at least) one newly released novel per month during 2014. World Read Aloud Day. What the Kardashians Taught Me About Reading Instruction (No, For Real) UserID: iCustID: IsLogged: false IsSiteLicense: false UserType: anonymous DisplayName: TrialsLeft: 0 Trials: Tier Preview Log: Exception pages ( /teachers/book_whisperer/2012/09/what_the_kardashians_taught_me.html ) = NO Internal request ( 192.99.46.38 ) = NO Open House ( 2014-04-14 15:32:11 ) = NO Site Licence : ( 192.99.46.38 ) = NO ACL Free A vs U ( 2100 vs 0 ) = NO Token Free (NO TOKEN FOUND) = NO Blog authoring preview = NO Search Robot ( Firefox ) = NO Purchased ( 0 ) = NO Monthly ( f44b38d9-f461-1c3e-51a9-6bd2e0c0e504 : 3 / 3 ) = NO 0: /ew/articles/2012/09/12/03librarians_ep.h32.html 1: /ew/articles/2012/09/26/05personalize_ep.h32.html 2: /ew/articles/2012/09/26/05utah.h32.html Can add to monthly ( /teachers/book_whisperer/2012/09/what_the_kardashians_taught_me.html ) = NO Access denied ( -1 ) = NO.
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. Told in non-linear chronology, the story follows him through his entire existence and the many possibilities life holds for us. No book is complete without its end. Daytripper is a story about living life to its fullest – because any of us can die at any moment.
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. Time travel is something that both fascinates and baffles me. No amount of Back To The Future (the second one in particular) can help me wrap my head around the concept of travelling through time, which in itself is an abstract concept I struggle with. L'Engle's novel was first published fifty years ago and graphic novelist, Hope Larson, has brought it to life for a whole new generation to enjoy.
My family are avid Dr Who fans, and so terms such as Tesseract are familiar to me, as is the notion of 'bending' time to get to places and other planets - even if I don't understand it all completely. 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.”
—John Green, The New York Times Book Review I could not put this down and read it incessantly until I was done. This book has some strong language so I will recommend it with caution to my learners, but to every adult, particularly of my generation, I would make it a must-read. 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. I remember beginning my final year at university with a sense of dread.
Since 5 years old, I had known what was coming next. This beautifully drawn manga depicts Tokyo and the lives of a group of friends in that very position. I enjoy graphic novels and the multifaceted interpretation of visuals and text in creating a rounded reading experience. 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 Supporting Reading Supporting New Literacies. 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.
If this sounds like you, read on because we want to reacquaint you with your inner-reader. First, though, why must teachers love to read and read often? There’s plenty more research where that came from, but the three studies we’ve highlighted above are probably enough to drive home the point. 5 Ways to Become Reacquainted with Your Inner-Reader Keep a book with you at all times We’ve mentioned it before, but one of our colleagues—an English professor and book fanatic—has been known to keep an anthology of literary theory on the passenger seat of his car so that he can read at red lights. Reading “their” books is a great way to bond with your students.
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.