What is the relationship between oral reading fluency and reading comprehension? The relationship between oral reading fluency and reading comprehension is strong and complex and has been extensively researched (Crowder & Wagner, 1992; LaBerge & Samuels, 1974; Perfetti, 1985; Wolf & KatzirCohen, 2001). While a recognized relationship between oral reading fluency and comprehension exists, more Read more »
Does your child read accurately and fluently?
What is accurate and fluent reading of connected text? Accuracy and fluency with connected text, both critical components of skilled reading, allow meaning to be gained from text. To read a text easily and make sense of it, a large percentage of the words must be decoded effortlessly (Ehri, 1998). Reading fluency depends on well-developed Read more »
Stuck in the Middle: Strategies to Engage Middle-Level Learners By: Traci Maday
Learn about three strategies that can help create a meaningful curriculum to engage middle-level learners. The strategies draw from effective classroom practices across grade levels, as well as from research about the social, emotional, and physical development of middle-level learners. Introduction Keeping middle school students focused and engaged in the classroom is quite a challenge Read more »
Effect of Poverty on 3rd Grade Reading and High School Graduation By Donald Hernandez
Double Jeopardy: How Third-Grade Reading Skills and Poverty Influence High School Graduation Educators and researchers have long recognized the importance of mastering reading by the end of third grade. Students who fail to reach this critical milestone often falter in the later grades and drop out before earning a high school diploma. Now, researchers have Read more »
Consequences of Today’s Adolescent Literacy Achievement Gap
Challenges – Today young people who leave high school without excellent and flexible reading and writing skills stand at a great disadvantage. In the past, those students who dropped out of high school could count on an array of options for establishing a productive and successful life. But in a society driven by knowledge and Read more »
Sample Post 2
GiftedApples offers Six (6) Intervention Options that provide specialized intensive instruction which can be differentiated to meet each student’s needs based on results from standardized, research-based assessment measures. Save $100 off Learning Options when you use June promo codes IntRx. Sale ends June 31, 2016
Sample Post 1
GiftedApples offers Six (6) Intervention Options that provide specialized intensive instruction which can be differentiated to meet each student’s needs based on results from standardized, research-based assessment measures. Save $100 off Learning Options when you use June promo codes IntRx. Sale ends June 31, 2016