The Bridge

Read Me a Story

Three meals plus
bedtime make four
sure blessings a day.

Mastering Sight Words

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjsPujqbpdw&feature=share

Are there fun, effective
ways to encourage kids
to learn sight words? 
 

We know recognizing them automatically

increases the success of those learning

to read or striving to improve a pupil's skills.  

 

  "Yes!" 

Discover just what
sight words are & ways we can
all encourage kids to master them.   

Thanks to Dr. Andy Johnson
for reminding us on the importance of 

 including sight words in a child's oral
vocabulary.  He offers suggestions and
tips to help readers "on their way."  

  

It's all about boosting individual skills

with the help of language experience
activities, to encourage fluent reading. 

Newly Discovered Seuss Tale

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2015/02/18/dr-seuss-returns-with-another-new-book/23607039/

More magic from Theodor "Ted"
Seuss Giesel is coming in July 2015. 

Think I need to place an order!  

Dr. Seuss' books rhyme, 
inspire, humor, and create
language-rich stories that 
many readers find delightful. 

Success With Nonfiction

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/getting-most-out-nonfiction-reading-time

Nonfiction books give kids the

opportunity to learn new concepts
and vocabulary, in addition

to expanding their view of the world. 

Many pupils enjoy 

reading nonfiction books 
because they're seeking information.

 

How do you enrich their
experience, while helping them

get the most out of such content?

Learn tips on taking "book walks"
with this type of material, and
how to model "active reading."

Library Cake

Want a scoop of ice cream with this?

How Children Learn to Read

http://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/how-children-learn-read?mbid=social_facebook

Maria Konnikova contributes to The New Yorker.  

 Her weekly blog  

focuses on psychology and science.

"The home environment, 

the school environment, and

the kind of reading instruction
kids get are equally important."

 Critical time period: 

skills that are 
developed in the years from
kindergarten to grade three. 

 

Pass It On..........

The search for knowledge,

the quest for answers,

for security and comfort.

 

Instill the skills to 

understand ideas through reading.

The Traveler

Library cards do reveal some history!