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  1. The Power of Reading Aloud

    The Power of Reading Aloud

    The importance of reading aloud to children from birth has been well established by research. Recalling a surprising encounter with teenagers enjoying a read-al...
  2. Recognizing High-Frequency Words

    Recognizing High-Frequency Words

    Children’s reading fluency is improved when they can automatically recognise high-frequency words. Literacy consultant Lyn Reggett discusses a guided reading ...
  3. Getting the Best Out of New Books

    Getting the Best Out of New Books

    To get students hooked on a new book, teachers need to have conversations with students as they guide them into the book. Whether reading narrative or informati...
  4. Learning to Read: Tablets or Traditional?

    Learning to Read: Tablets or Traditional?

    What are the similarities and differences between reading traditional books and multimodal books and games on iPads? The iPad educational apps of levelled books...
  5. Children and Media: Literacy Learning and the Changing Media World

    Children and Media: Literacy Learning and the Changing Media World

    A recent survey into young children’s media use in the United States found that 20 years after the birth of the World Wide Web and a year or so after the firs...
  6. Teaching Effective Literacy: Engaging Students in a Shifting Digital Age

    Teaching Effective Literacy: Engaging Students in a Shifting Digital Age

    Now that Developing early literacy: Assessment and teaching is in its second edition, the area that really engages me is how to teach early reading and child-ce...
  7. The Reading Process: What the Reader Brings

    The Reading Process: What the Reader Brings

    Have you ever tried the word tricks where numerals replace letters or where medial letters in words are rearranged? These demonstrate how highly skilled readers...

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