avreading.org

Ethan gave me a heads up on this excellent resource. It has a good assortment of reading strategies with the necessary materials.

Literacy Strategies Glossary

Here is the opening statement of our new International Reading Association President. He didn’t exactly go for the “warm and fuzzy” welcome. He brings up some concerns about S.S.R. and why it should not be used. Read it and let me know what you think.

Does He Really Think Kids Shouldn’t Read?

Interested in using basketball to teach poetry. Here is a neat program along those lines.

Full Court Verse

For my masters, I wrote my thesis on the “Efficacy of Homework.” Well, it sounded pretty at least. I am fascinated by these studies. Harris Cooper from Duke University has made his name in Homework Studies, and here is his latest.
As Homework Grows, So Do Arguments Against It

Here is yet another professional development possibility. Their website is not very good, but if you look on this link, it is the 3rd Seminar down for Best Young Adult Books by Denni Kay Scates.

Beth Anderson showed this to me today and it is absolutely fantastic. For years, I have tried to teach critical reading– in other words, how to analyze whether a text is credible or not. But I am awkward and clumsy at it. This instructional website with flash program does it wonderfully in an easy to use layout. check it out.

Hints about Print

I deal a lot with college bound students who are convinced that music and TV help them get through their homework. While I must admit I once believed this too, it just seems counter-intuitive to say that adding stimuli somehow helps the mind to focus. Well, recent research indicates otherwise. Read Multi-Tasking Hinders Learning.