25 Ways to Help a Reader

http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/25-reading-strategies-that-work-in-every-content-area/

Develop Strong Readers

http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=a96680f1296ab624359bc64e2&id=1bee5e1a96

Guiding children to be strong
readers?  Here's some great ideas. 

Let's Pick Up Some Books

President Obama in a Washington
D.C. bookstore with daughters
Sasha and Malia over Thanksgiving
break.  Books make a great gift, oh yes!

Literacy Challenge Met

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57611600/wwii-vet-starts-new-chapter-after-conquering-illiteracy/

Learning to read at 89 years of age?    

Ed Bray had a secret but

with a little help went on to
conquer his toughest foe.  

It has changed his life.

Discover Wordle

http://www.wordle.net/

Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds”
from text that you provide. The clouds give
greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak
your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and
color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print or save them to the Wordle gallery.

4 FUN

4 FUN

The Toolkit

http://www.parenttoolkit.com/

This resource enables you to navigate
the journey from PreK through high
school. It's  designed to help us track
and support progress at each stage.

Storyline Online

http://www.storylineonline.net/

Delight yourself or someone special
by inviting them to relax & listen to
Storyine Online.  It has lots of
tales for the young & young at heart! 

Your storytellers will be
members of The Screen Actors Guild.

Fall Rhyming Fun

http://firstgradealacarte.blogspot.com/2011/10/orange-pumpkin-orange-pumpkin.html

Orange Pumpkin, Orange Pumpkin

Kathy Law has created a delightful rhyming book
that's similar to "Brown Bear, Brown Bear"
and she's made it a free printable.  

There is also a project for youngsters.  They create
a mini version of this tale by sequencing Kathy's story.
Children then match the pictures or perhaps you
can have them create their own illustrations.

Learning the Fry Sight Words

http://latriciasecondgrade.blogspot.com/2012/03/baseball-and-freebie.html

Children are more successful

in learning SIGHT WORDS

when they are included in a 

phrase or a sentence.  

If you are teaching a child to read 

words on the Fry List, as we are at

Parkside Elementary School, then

"BATTER UP" is the game for you!

Almost Everyone Should Learn to Read

Go On.....Be Nosey!

We like the idea of

inspiring kids
to be "nosey."

Let's make it a daily habit. 

Picture Walks

http://readingtokids.org/ReadingClubs/TipPictureWalk.php

4 FUN: Nonsense Word Game

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/cvc/whirl/game.shtml

DIBELS Resources

https://sites.google.com/site/onlineactivities4dibels/home

Games, resources and

apps to help readers master
skills necessary to improve
vocabulary & comprehension

This list of websites is on Pinterest:

http://www.pinterest.com/2itedsol/online-activities-for-dibels/

Set the Bar Higher

Strengthen Reading Skills

http://www.teachers.cr.k12.de.us/~galgano/dibel2.htm

Developing skills for reading

success is different for each child.

Fun, engaging activities are a click away.......

 

 

Use Wonderopolis with Kids!

http://wonderopolis.org/

Consider This

A Resource We Find Exceptional

Try this in your READING TOOLBOX: "Rhyme-A-Week"

http://curry.virginia.edu/go/wil/rimes_and_rhymes.htm#This_Week

We first posted about this fantastic site last April.  

It was Parkside's "go-to" poetry & nursery rhyme selection when
The Reading Room staff began working with Kindergarten
aged pupils in January 2013, at the beginning of 2nd semester.   

We now know it's a valuable tool for anyone working with

children who are just learning to read & write at the primary level.

Please share with a friend; we hope you follow our blog too. 

ABOUT A-Rhyme-A-Week 
The Rhyme-a-Week phonological
awareness program features 30 different nursery rhymes.
 
The phonograms or "rimes" emphasized in the program were
first identified by Richard Wylie & Donald Durrell in 1970. 

Examining a list of 1, 437 words commonly spoken
by children in primary grades (Murphy, 1957), Wylie & Durrell
identified 37 rimes that accounted for nearly 500 words of Murphy's list.
 
In determining the order of rhymes and rimes to present weekly, 
they follow Fry's (1998) suggested consideration of frequency.

http://curry.virginia.edu/go/wil/rimes_and_rhymes.htm#Thirty_Featured_Rhymes

Library Book Sale Sept. 19-21st

The annual Friends of the Library book sale and raffle is set for September 19th to 21st, coinciding with the Lawrence County
Fall Festival in Lawrenceville, Illinois.

The book sale is from 9:00 A.M. until 6:00 P.M. on September 19th and 20th as well as on September 21st from 9:00 A.M. until 2:00 P.M.  All types of books will be offered at the event.

Proceeds from the sale will be used to help fund the library's summer reading program.

Lawrence Public Library is located at 814 12th Street in Lawrenceville and serves all of Lawrence County.  It's located one  block south of the courthouse square.

Learning Sight Words

http://www.pcboe.net/les/elderweb/sightwords.htm

Parkside professionals guide youth throughout
the school year to learn SIGHT WORDS.

Thanks in advance for helping promote efforts
to create fluent, confident readers by
encouraging and helping the children
in our learning community.

  

A Book is Man's Best Friend

 

        “Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend.
          Inside of a dog it's too dark to read."                                                   

August Song

http://storybird.com/books/an-august-song/?token=z6pwvapd7n

School begins this week and we're 
looking forward to seeing pupils,
both old and new in The Reading Room. 

Thank you to LittlePinkPebble
for the beautiful artwork in
"August Song" (link above).
You can follow this
artist via Face Book.

Please tell a friend about

our Reading Room blog and join

us throughout the school year.

NPR's TOP 100 Books for Kids

http://www.npr.org/2013/08/05/207315023/the-ultimate-backseat-bookshelf-100-must-reads-for-kids-9-14?ft=1&f=1032&sc=tw&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

"Send 'em this way!"

GREAT books to suggest or read to kids
ages 9-14.  Thanks to National Public Radio
for a description of each one and photo of its cover.  

Please share this with your network.

Good Day

More...More....More

Read with youngsters
and talk about the

things they're discovering

because "more" is better! 

This Week at the Library

Reminder...........
it's the final day of

the summer reading program
with
"Cookies Around the World"

and the
drawing for Holiday World Tickets!

 Thursday July 25th

2:00 to 3:00 P.M.  

LIBRARY LOCATION
814 12th St.
Lawrenceville, IL 62439
(618) 943-3016

HOURS
Mon - Wed - Fri: 10am-5pm
Tue - Thu: 10am-7pm
Sat: 10am-3pm
Sun: Closed

This We Know

This Week at the Library

Oh it's standing room only

for this wonderful, fun event!

 

Reminder:

The Lawrence Township Public Library's
Summer Reading Program hosts
our favorite, their annual Pet Show

on Thursday July 18th
2:00-3:00 P.M.

Guests and owners will be in the lot

across from the library.  Every pet

shall win a prize.  Don't miss the fun!

LIBRARY LOCATION
814 12th St.
Lawrenceville, IL 62439
(618) 943-3016

HOURS
Mon - Wed - Fri: 10am-5pm
Tue - Thu: 10am-7pm
Sat: 10am-3pm
Sun: Closed

Inspire Kids to Read!

http://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2013/07/07/top-ten-ways-to-turn-your-classroom-into-a-hotbed-of-enthusiastic-readers-by-megan-ginther-and-holly-mueller/

                We know a "love" of reading

holds no child back! 
 

The ideas (above) are great ways
we can all involve kids
with books:  fun, varied, and
are probably different than what
you & they might expect. 

Get excited about literature & learning!

After all, it's your relationship with
a youngster that opens the the door to
the wide, wide world of books.    

"Be a Famous Writer" Contest

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Kf6-ayb4Jy0

You are invited!

To celebrate a 5th Year of hosting 

"Be-a-Famous-Writer" 
Mrs. P. invites teachers to enter
if their pupils are in Kindergarten
through 4th grade. 

 

Complete details below:

http://www.contest.mrsp.com/Default.aspx

Join or follow Mrs. P. at...........

twitter

flickr

facebook

youtube

pinterest

Mrs. P Blog

Mrs. P Ism's

This Week at the Library

http://www.nitrojoe.org/1.html

The Summer Reading Program resumes this week, following the 4th of July holiday! 

 

Reminder:
Nitro Joe will be at the 

Lawrence Township Public Library

on Thursday July 11th
2:00-3:00 P.M.

LIBRARY LOCATION
814 12th St.
Lawrenceville, IL 62439
(618) 943-3016

HOURS
Mon - Wed - Fri: 10am-5pm
Tue - Thu: 10am-7pm
Sat: 10am-3pm
Sun: Closed

Free Read Aloud Resource

  http://readaloud.org/

 

Sign-up today for
Read Aloud's "15 MINUTES" Newsletter &
download a free JumpStart® learning activity workbook.

Great for Kindergarten through fifth graders!

Nonfiction Reading Roundup

https://vimeo.com/23765240

"The Sheriff
and the Nonfiction Trail"

This is a fantastic movie that zeros in on 

difference between nonfiction & fiction books. 

Fifth grade teacher John Salsich has a creative
collection of videos created just for children.
Where's the LOVE button when you need one?

Jonah Salsich’s Videos

 Follow him on Twitter

@jmsalsich 

Happy 75th Birthday Caldecott

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITB1KxOyEYc

The Caldecott Medal was named in honor
of nineteenth-century English illustrator
Randolph Caldecott. It's awarded annually
by the Association for Library Service
to Children, a division of the American
Library Association, to the artist of the
most distinguished American picture
 book for young people. 

Reach for the Moon

"Reach for the moon, because
if you don't make it you'll land
        among the stars."        
                                                                ~William Cullen

Discover StoryLine from The SAG

http://www.storylineonline.net/

 SAG, The Screen Actors Guild
is dedicated to championing
children's literacy issues.

Wonderful stories await you!
We can follow them via
Twitter @storylineonline

The List for a Second Half

We're getting 
started on part two of the year
with an ABC "To-Do List."

Answers

Beauty

Creativity

Dreams

Enthusiasm

Friends

Giggles

Hope

Interpretation

Joy

Kindness

Listening

 Motivation

News

Optimism

Participation

Questions

Read-a-Louds

Service

Tutoring

Understanding

Vocabulary

Wins

Xtra's

Yes!
Zebras

Why Not zebras?

After all having fun when

reading, growing, and helping

youngsters experience learning
success is a win-win for everyone! 

How will you spend
the second half of 2013?

 

 

Writing Every Day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9YUPwtGqgI

Homes and classrooms where writing is

an every day activity are ones to emulate!
Ideas are at every turn for youngsters.

Find out more at the link above and at

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