Super Six. Teacher Area: Prior Knowledge. Focus on reading. Focus on reading. Just Read Project. Getting Started with Reading Bear--Q&A, Tips, and Tools. Quick "Getting Started" Video General Information about Reading Bear: Q & A on who Reading Bear is intended for and the thinking behind the program How to Get the Most from Reading Bear: how to use Reading Bear as part of an overall program to learn how to read What Path Should I Take through Reading Bear?
: advice on using Reading Bear in particular school and home situations The Reading Bear Software: tips on how to use the system Videos of the Presentations The Interludes What is Reading Bear and who is behind it? Please see our About page for a basic summary and personnel. What age level is Reading Bear for? Is Reading Bear meant to be a high-pressure program?
Could schools use Reading Bear? Free and accessible. Is Reading Bear a "systematic, explicit phonics" program? How is Reading Bear supposed to work? The student can systematically begin with a very easy presentation type—"Sound It Out Slowly"—and even have all the words demonstrated in advance, with no participation required. Little Bird Tales - Home. Beliefs. MyRead is based on the beliefs that: All students can be successful readers Reading is a complex and challenging process. Yet for all but the 5-10% of students who have intellectual, sensory or learning disabilities the issue is one of underperformance rather than ability. For the majority of students reaching the middle years of school, recurrent experience of failure and negative perceptions about themselves as readers will be major obstacles to learning.
For these students, performance in reading is likely to be a consequence of a well-learned self-preservation strategy of non-engagement. Underperforming middle years readers must first be motivated to engage and re-engage with texts. All teachers are teachers of reading Traditionally the teaching of reading was seen as the domain of the early primary teacher. However, it is now recognised that early literacy is no ‘vaccination’ for future ability to handle the vastly different and complex texts of the middle years. << top.