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Making the Jump: From Learning to Read to Reading to Learn

July 12, 2013

By Lauren Bailes, Aim Academy English Teacher I don’t remember quite when it happened. At one point, I was reading phonics books about dogs, boys, hats, and bats. Making meaning from even these simple words was laborious. There was just so much for my mind to hang on to — the long and short vowels, Read More...

Aim Academy Online, Elementary, Reading

Safe Landing: Reading for Inference after Making the Jump

July 15, 2013

Part II by Lauren Bailes, Aim Academy English Teacher (Part I discussed the value of the development jump, when readers go from learning to read to reading to learn. Find it here.) It’s easy to watch children begin their trajectory as emerging readers, but shaping that trajectory is just as important. Until about 3rd grade (8 Read More...

Elementary, Writers in Residence

How Do You Get Kids Interested in Writing?

April 19, 2013

It’s Dr. Deb Friday, and this week’s discussion question is about writing. Some children naturally love to put their thoughts down on paper and they start composing stories early. But many find the creative process daunting and the expectation that they must write things down frustrating. What do you do in the latter case? And Read More...

by Debra Bell, Elementary, Reading

Help! My Child’s A Late Reader

July 5, 2011

The magic of reading is part brain development and part environment. You can’t do much about the first — that’s a timeline God controls — but you certainly can about the latter. Kids will learn to read if they invest time in reading. The more they read, the better they will read. Your role is to help Read More...