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Adults: Discover Easy Strategies to Enhance Reading Ability

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Statistics show that adults in the U.S. are reading fewer books each year. Setting a goal to read more can be both enjoyable and beneficial. However, when a friend posts their roundup of the 50 books they read last year, and you only read 5, you might feel jealous or ashamed. Find the best STEM books for teachers.

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How we read: the neuroscience behind literacy

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How we read: the neuroscience behind literacy Published: Reading and writing are essential skills for modern life, but how often do you think about how your brain processes written information? Understanding how we read is important, particularly to provide solutions for those with lower reading and writing abilities.

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Butterfly Life Cycle STEM Activity

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Butterflies are fascinating creatures that captivate the hearts and minds of children and adults alike. Velma Gratch Read Aloud STEM Challenge by Carly and Adam This story offers a fantastic starting point to introduce the butterfly life cycle. Incorporate Art and Hands-On STEM Activities. Incorporate Art and Hands-On STEM Activities.

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How to Grow Global Digital Citizens

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With the rise of online games, web-based education, and smartphones that access everything from house lights to security systems, it’s not surprising to read these statistics: In 2013, 71 percent of the U.S. 69% of teens regularly receive personal messages online from strangers and most of them don’t tell a trusted adult.

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Differentiating Instruction in Kindergarten and Elementary Grades with Laura Robb

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Reading instruction can be challenging when a teacher has many different ability levels in her classroom. Reading expert, Laura Robb breaks down excellent reading instruction from kindergarten through fifth grade. Robb has written more than 25 books on reading but also takes 3-4 months each school year as a classroom teacher.

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Pedagogy Principles to Use in Your Classroom

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It means they learned it by reading” – Anonymous. In other words, pedagogy encompasses both the what and the why: what teaching strategies are you employing throughout a lesson, and why did you choose those? Pedagogy Teaching Strategies Most teachers have a well-stocked cache of instructional strategies to pull from.

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How to Compare and Contrast Authentically

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The better adults are at this skill, the more they thrive in the world. K-5 and 6-12 Reading Anchor Standards). Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of characters in stories and Identify basic similarities in and differences between two texts on the same topic (1st grade Reading Standards–2).