Reading Strategies
5 Ways to Celebrate Black History Month
5 Ways to Celebrate Black History Month Whether you celebrate Black History during February or during the entire year, below are 5 different ways to recognize the history of African American and Black individuals. If you are looking for Black History Project...
Start to Read, 60 Easy Tips & Lessons
Photo by Mikhail Nilov from Pexels Help my child read fluently Help my child read Help my child read and write Looking for ways to teach your child to read, below are 60 different tips. A list of suggestions to help your child read fluently, to encourage them...
Understanding Assessing and Teaching Reading
Developing Diagnostic Assessments to Improve Data-Driven Instruction Linguistic, Prior Knowledge, Cognition, and Observations involved in assessment creation. Hearing the words: assessment, evaluation, and data can give you a variety of emotions, ideas, and memories....
How to Read Different Nonfiction Books
Reading Nonfiction Picture Books Reading Nonfiction Using Text Features Reading Nonfiction with 0-10 year olds Reading Nonfiction stories introduces new vocabulary words, truthful ideas, and new information about our world. Nonfiction can be defined as, informational...
Juneteenth Learning for Kids-Reading Activities
Topics about Juneteenth Vocabulary words and questions about Juneteenth Successful Black Parenting Magazine provides 19 suggestions on Real Learning Activities for Families About Juneteenth. “These activities are suggestions. Take them and customize them for the age...
Reading Strategies to Motivate Struggling Readers
Reading Strategies to help your child to read. Make reading realistic so they can see how to use it in their lives Reading Strategies for Struggling Readers You might be wondering why your 8-year-old struggles with reading or even why your fifteen-year-old struggles...
How to Teach A 4th Grader to Read a Picture
A lesson on how to read a picture with a 4th grader. Reading images might be complicated, but using real world examples and discussions makes it easier to read images. A parent, N.J., provided a visual-literacy lesson with her daughter in December 2020. In her...
National S.T.E.A.M Day
National STEAM Day was November 8th. We are providing books and STEAM activities that your Pre-K, Elementary, or Middle Grade reader can do for 21+ days. Enjoy these stories that feature real world activities and diverse scientists in STEAM. STEAM stands for...
Reading Graphic Novel March by John Lewis
The Graphic Novel series: March displayed critical moments during the Civil rights era. John Lewis and the illustrator use the language and images to highlight the: Drama, Vocabulary, Comprehension, and Visual Literacy The trilogy of the book March is a graphic novel...
Strategies to Improve Reading Fluency
Strategies to Improve Reading Fluency Having a reader who is struggling can take time and has ups and downs. Have you heard, “Th, theee, ddooor is re real?” “Today Reggie decid to have a fun day. They plae with evvveryy.” If this sounds familiar where your child...
How To Tell A Comedic Story & Love Literacy
I loved it when Mr. Clarence Lomax cupped his right hand around his nose and pointed towards the wall saying, “Mr. Lomax, to my office. I am going to call your mother.” At that moment he was taking me back to his days as a teenager at his school. I imagined brick...
How to Read Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
How to Read Crown an Ode to the Fresh Cut, a modern-day story about a black boy getting a hair cut. A picture book story for 2nd and 3rd grade readers. Crown an Ode to the Fresh Cut celebrates the experiences of what it means to get a "Fresh Cut" in the barber shop....