Focus on Reading

Focus on Reading

I am back to school and focused on reading for 6th grade

Close Reading

Back to School: Six Strategies for Effective Close Reading

http://www.themillions.com/2014/08/back-to-school-six-strategies-for-effective-close-reading.html

Reading Difficult texts

Five Keys to Helping Students Read Difficult Texts

http://ctl.byu.edu/teaching-tips/five-keys-helping-students-read-difficult-texts

Vocabulary

Doing It Differently: Tips for Teaching Vocabulary

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/vocabulary-instruction-teaching-tips-rebecca-alber

Reading For Pleasure

Fiction Teaches Students Empathy, Research Shows

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teaching_now/2014/09/study-fiction-teaches-students-empathy.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+feedburner%2FTeachingNow+%28Teaching+Now%29

Reading for pleasure to support the engagement and motivation of learners

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/tutors/using-skillswise-as-a-tutor/reading-for-pleasure

Reading for pleasure puts children ahead in the classroom, study finds

http://www.ioe.ac.uk/89938.html

Reading to Connect

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/work_in_progress/2014/08/reading_to_connect.html