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Bring Indians To Life in Your Classroom for Thanksgiving |
Children's Book Week Children’s Book Week, sponsored by the Children’s Book Council takes place this year November 12th through 18th. Educators, bookstores, and families across America have recognized this celebration of children’s love of stories since 1919. This annual tradition has popularized the idea of reading as both a valuable and enjoyable activity. This year the theme of Book Week is “Rise Up Reading,” referencing the clear benefits of literacy. Educators can involve their students in this exciting event with variety of activities. Playbooks® Reader’s Theater can easily be incorporated into the day for a fun twist! Children will be able to show off their reading abilities and express their enthusiasm by reading with expression. Useful materials for promoting Book Week, including bookmarks and posters, as well as elaboration on how Book Week activities may be arranged, can be found at the Children’s Book Council website. "Book Week brings us together to talk about books and reading and, out of our knowledge and love of books, to put the cause of children's reading squarely before the whole community and, community by community, across the whole nation. For a great nation is a reading nation."--- |
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| If you want to see a dramatic change in your students' reading abilities, try drama. Playbooks® Reader's Theater is a great example of "edutainment," a popular way to engage children in learning. The Playbook® format, appealing stories, colorful, pages and optional costume kits make learning fun! Why not invite reading fluency into your classroom through the "edutainment" of Reader's Theater by Playbooks®! See this month's feature story below. It's an American Indian rendition of Cinderella by well know Reader's Theater expert writer, Aaron Shepard. |
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Written by: Aaron Shepard
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Story Synopsis: In this Native American Indian folktale, Little Scarface must endure the taunting and cruelty of her beautiful, yet selfish, older sister. The other members of her tribe tease her and believe she is ugly and clumsy. But Little Scarface knows there is more to her than most can see. In a tale of compassion, honesty, and discovery, she is determined to take her turn to visit the Hidden One in the hopes of becoming his bride. If beauty is truly in the eyes of the beholder, will the hidden beauty inside of her win his heart, or will her sister get there first? Find out in this twist of a Cinderella tale.
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Color Text is the Best!
According to a Loyola University study, word recognition and reading comprehension improves 27% when text is presented in color compared to bold text, and 35% when presented in color compared to contrasting fonts. |
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"If students can't learn the way we teach, then we must teach the way they learn." Carol Tomlinson "A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on a cold iron." Horace Mann
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Reader's Theater... the most effective form of Repeated Guided Oral Reading! |
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There is an abundance of research supporting that “Repeated Guided Oral Reading” improves reading fluency and comprehension, especially when it includes reading role models. Research also shows four repeated readings sufficiently improve reading fluency. Most traditional texts can NOT hold students’ attention for up to four separate readings. Reader’s Theater truly engages students and is the most popular form of “repeated guided oral reading.” Reader’s Theater provides an easy-to-implement dramatic text that does not require memorization, props or a stage. | |||
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