It’s really not how smart your child is, but how prepared your child is for school. If you just do a little research and find a great reading readiness application online, it will prepare your child and do the work for you. To prepare for a smart child, age appropriate…
Teaching Tips Blog
1 Are you searching for a way to provide your child with a literacy-rich learning environment? Are you trying to juggle the task of providing reading instruction for children that are working on different reading levels? Do you know children that love learning through interactive programs? If so, our educational apps…
Learning with Reading Comprehension Apps
Many times the movies that we choose to see interest us based on a memory, a personal situation, or even someone we know. Humans go through life seeking connections; consequently, it only makes sense that children need to feel connected to what they are reading. Encourage students to get personal…
It’s Personal To Me…
Students will gain great rewards from using graphic organizers. These aid the child in retelling key events and important pieces of information. Encourage students to become familiar with a passage’s structure by doing the following: • Consider all the character in a passage. Record these characters on a graphic organizer.…
Comprehension Strategies…
Students should be proficient in retelling or summarizing the important details from a reading passage. As these details emerge in a child’s own words, it shows that they are making sense of what they read and promotes complete retention. As students retell or summarize a text, they are differentiating between…
Say It Again, Please…
Finding answers can be a difficult process. Sure, our favorite search engines are great, but even they have their limitations. Encourage students to seek out new resources and materials. Actively promote the idea that sometimes answers are found in multiple locations because “one size does not fit all”. As students…
Who Has Questions?
Students have a question – their first instinct is to _______. If you said, raise your hand or ask for help, give yourself ten points. Instead of always seeking help, students should work to answer their own questions. This promotes active learning. Yes, the process sounds much easier than it…
My Hand is Raised!
Visualization assists many students in making sense of what they read. By thinking about shapes, colors, and spatial relationships, students can gain mental images of what they are reading about. This visualization allows mental images to be formed that aid directly in improving reading comprehension. Encourage students to visualize what…
I Spy With My Little Eye…
We’ve all heard children read words, phrases, sentences, and even entire passages, only for us to ask them a question and be greeted by a “deer in the headlights” look. Just because students are able to read the words or pronounce them, this does not mean that they…
Promoting Reading Comprehension
Prepare For A Super Reader! Reading Comprehension It’s really not how smart your child is, but how prepared your child is for school. If you just do a little research and find a great reading readiness application online, it will prepare your child and do the work for you. Age appropriate…