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Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: The Author Study Toolkit

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Explains the benefits of doing an author study and how to do one with a class. Includes lists of resources and ideas for culminating projects.
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Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers: Episode 9: A Chance to Read

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
For generations, too many people assumed that children with disabilities couldn't learn to read - so they never gave them a chance. Hosted by Molly Ringwald, "A Chance to Read" looks at the reading challenges facing kids with...
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Reading Rockets: Inclusive Classrooms: A Primer for Teachers

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
An inclusive classroom is a general education classroom where students with and without learning differences learn together. Inclusive classrooms are welcoming and support the diverse academic, social, emotional, and communication needs...
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Reading Rockets: Looking at Writing: Pre K

For Teachers Pre-K - K
In this section, you'll find writing assessment resources, writing strategies, and additional tip sheets for teachers and parents on how to help preschoolers build strong writing skills. You'll also find a video modeling classroom...
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Reading Rockets: Reading 101: A Guide to Teaching Reading and Writing

For Teachers K - 1st
Reading 101 is a self-paced professional development course for K-3 teachers. It presents some of the core information that teachers need to help young children learn to read and write well and to support the children who struggle. The...
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Reading Rockets: English Language Learners

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learn about the most effective ways to teach ELL students (or ESL students), how to create a welcoming classroom, and ways to promote family involvement.
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Reading Rockets: The Development of Phonological Skills

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Basic listening skills and "word awareness" are critical precursors to phonological awareness. Learn the milestones for acquiring phonological skills.
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Reading Rockets: Assistive Technology

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Find information and resources about assistive technology that can help kids with language-based learning disabilities become stronger readers and writers. Assistive technology is any device that supports the independence of a person...
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Reading Rockets: Autism and Asperger's

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Here you'll find information on how to help children with ASD succeed in the K-3 classroom, books for children that feature characters on the spectrum, links to PBS autism awareness programming and resources, and much more.
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Reading Rockets: Content Area Literacy

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Content area lessons require specific techniques and knowledge that help students navigate different types of texts. Here you will find articles, videos, teaching strategies, webcasts, and research reports.
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Reading Rockets: Classroom Management

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Managing a class of students is one of the biggest challenges facing teachers. The resources below offer suggestions for effective classroom management, including tips for creating classroom systems, organizing your reading program,...
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Reading Rockets: Fluency

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Fluency is the ability to read a text correctly and quickly. Find out what strategies are recommended to improve students' fluency and how to incorporate those strategies at home and at school.
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Reading Rockets: Dyslexia

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Children with dyslexia often have poor phonological skills, resulting in difficulties with decoding, reading fluency, and spelling. Dyslexia can also impact reading comprehension and writing. Learn about the early warning signs for...
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Reading Rockets: Differentiated Instruction

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Differentiated instruction is a flexible and individual approach to instruction. When a teacher reaches out to an individual or small group and varies her teaching to create the best learning experience possible, that teacher is...
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Reading Rockets: Tips for Parents From Top Researchers

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site features tips for parents from top researchers about developing your child's reading skills.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Balloon Rockets

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students will learn that compressed air creates pressure to propel an air balloon. Students will create a graph in their science journals based on the relationship between the number of air pumps and the distance the...
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Reading Rockets: The Alphabetic Principle

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
What are predictor's for a child's success in reading? Use this site to learn more how the knowledge of the alphabet and shapes is a factor for reading success.
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Reading Rockets: Strategy Guide: Teaching How Scientists Make Inferences [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This guide includes an introductory section about visual evidence, a general overview of how to use this strategy with many science texts, and a plan for teaching how to use visual evidence to make inferences with the Seeds of...
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Reading Rockets: Author Interviews: Norton Juster

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This video interview with children's book author Norton Juster includes a brief written biography.
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Reading Rockets: Top 10 Things to Know About Reading

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
What are the top ten things you should know about reading?
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Reading Rockets: Honoring Kid's Rights to Excellent Reading Instruction

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
What rights do children have to excellent reading instruction? This site features ten principles that outline these rights, among which are the rights to a wide variety of books and to well-prepared teachers.
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Reading Rockets: Dyslexia: Beyond the Myth

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This article describes the most common characteristics of dyslexia and other learning disorders. The author offers suggestions about what to do if a reading problem is suspected.
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Reading Rockets: Rti & Reading: Response to Intervention in a Nutshell

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This article provides a quick overview of response to intervention (RTI) as it relates to reading. RTI is not a particular method or instructional approach, rather it is a process that aims to shift educational resources toward the...
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Rocket Languages: Verbs in the Present Tense and Conjugations

For Students 9th - 10th
This learning module explains how to understand infinitives forms of Spanish. Examples of present and past tense Spanish verbs, and other verb information, are provided. Audio and written examples are provided, along with English...

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