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Reading Rockets: Reading Tips for Parents of Third Graders

For Teachers 3rd
Suggestions of ways for parents to read, write, and tell stories together with a child. Available in multiple languages.
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Reading Rockets: Reading Tips for Parents of Second Graders

For Teachers 2nd
Suggestions of ways for parents to read, write, and tell stories together with a child. Available in multiple languages.
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Reading Rockets: Reading Tips for Parents of First Graders

For Teachers 1st
Suggestions of ways for parents to read, write, and tell stories together with a child. Available in multiple languages.
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Reading Rockets: Teach Expository Text Structure to Facilitate Comprehension

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Expository text can be challenging to young readers because of the unfamiliar concepts and vocabulary it presents. Discover ways to help your students analyze expository text structures and pull apart the text to uncover the main idea...
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Reading Rockets: Reading Basics: What Else Matters

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Factors such as classroom management, differentiated instruction, working with parents, and helping struggling readers play critical roles in the success of a reading program. Here you will find articles, research briefs, and a video on...
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Reading Rockets: Learning Disabilities

For Teachers K - 1st
This resource provides a wealth of information about learning disabilities, the most common of which is dyslexia - difficulty with language and reading.
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Reading Rockets: Oral Language

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A collection of videos, articles for parents and teachers, webcasts for teachesr, and research briefs on helping children develop their oral language skills.
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Reading Rockets: Looking at Writing: Third Grade

For Teachers 3rd Standards
In this section, you'll find writing assessment resources, writing strategies, and additional tip sheets for teachers and parents on how to help third graders build strong writing skills. You'll also find videos on teaching writing....
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Reading Rockets: Looking at Writing: Second Grade

For Teachers 2nd Standards
In this section, you'll find writing assessment resources, writing strategies, and additional tip sheets for teachers and parents on how to help second graders build strong writing skills. You'll also find videos on teaching writing....
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Reading Rockets: Looking at Writing: Kindergarten

For Teachers K Standards
In this section, you'll find writing assessment resources, writing strategies, and additional tip sheets for teachers and parents on how to help kindergarteners build strong writing skills. You'll also find video on teaching writing....
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Reading Rockets: Looking at Writing

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
An interactive tool to help teachers and parents learn more about writing. Here, writing samples from real kids provide examples and next-step guidance for students from pre-K to third grade.
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Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers: Episode 12: Growing Writers

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Find video excerpts from this program on how to build students' writing skills. Includes links to recommended resources and transcripts for the videos.
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Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers: Episode 11: Summer Learning

For Teachers K - 1st
Adventures in Summer Learning offers practical suggestions for parents about how to create a literacy-rich summer, as well as profiles of effective formal programs for at-risk youth and children with learning disabilities. Video excerpts...
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Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers: Episode 10: Toddling Toward Reading

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Hosted by Reba McEntire, "Toddling Toward Reading" examines what it takes to give preschoolers the early literacy skills they need to become successful readers. Features children's book author and illustrator Sandra Boynton, whose...
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Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers: Episode 8: Reading and the Brain

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Hosted by Henry Winkler, who has had his own struggles with reading, Reading and the Brain explores how brain scientists are working to solve the puzzle of why some children struggle to read and others don't. Startling new research shows...
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Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers: Episode 7: Becoming Bilingual

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Acclaimed actress Rita Moreno hosts Becoming Bilingual, a 30-minute PBS program that examines the challenges of teaching children to read in a new language. The show visits six cities across the country to learn about the different ways...
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Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers: Episode 6: Empowering Parents

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Empowering Parents, a PBS special hosted by Al Roker, visits schools in Huntingtown, Maryland, and Portland, Oregon, to see how families learn to identify early signs of reading problems and find ideas for getting their kids the help and...
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Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers: Episode 5: Reading for Meaning

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Hosted by Frank McCourt, Reading for Meaning highlights effective strategies to help kids understand - and care about - what they read, the ultimate goal of learning how to read. Features host Frank McCourt and children's book author...
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Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers: Episode 4: Writing and Spelling

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Hosted by Vivica A. Fox, Writing and Spelling examines the connection between reading and writing and between spelling and composition. The program features successful methods for encouraging children to write and build their...
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Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers: Episode 3: Fluent Reading

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Hosted by Deborah Norville, Fluent Reading explores the ability to decode quickly and achieve fluency. The program also demonstrates how early testing and intervention can help struggling readers. Features children's book author and...
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Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers: Episode 1: Roots of Reading

For Teachers K - 1st
Hosted by Fred Rogers, The Roots of Reading looks at the earliest stages of literacy in such locations as a baby speech lab and a Head Start center. The program examines how parents, childcare providers, and kindergarten teachers can get...
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Reading Rockets: Guiding Students: Expository Text With Text Feature Walks

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Explains how to guide students in examining text features during a walkthrough of an expository text.
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Reading Rockets: Nonfiction

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Provides advice for how to incorporate nonfiction into a reading program. Includes videos, links to downloadable 'adventure packs,' tip sheets for parent, a list of websites on nonfiction, and articles.
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Reading Rockets: Themed Booklists

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A collection of themed book lists tailored for children up to twelve years old.

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