Posts Tagged ‘ Reading ’

Open a Book and Drive for 10

December 5, 2012

The Fast Break for Reading campaign is a joint initiative between the International Reading Association(IRA), the American Basketball Association (ABA) and classroom teachers nationwide to encourage students to read for 10 minutes a day, with a goal of a million minutes read nationwide by the conclusion of the program. After you sign up for the program, you can download the official Program Reading Log and Certificate of Participation. Photocopy and distribute the logs to your students, who will record their minutes. At the end of each month, collect the logs from your students, tally the total minutes for that month and submit your students’ reading “tally” for…

Get Students Excited About Reading

November 16, 2012

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Reading Conference Travel Grants

October 11, 2012

The Reading Conference Travel Grants by Bruce Larkin and Wilbooks help K-3 literacy professionals develop their strengths as teachers. Each school year, 500 grants of $200 are awarded to help cover expenses for attending the International Reading Association (IRA) and Reading Recovery (RR) conferences. Eligibility: K-3 Literacy Teachers Deadline: Rolling Award: $200 grant Web: http://www.wilbooks.com/scholarships/travelgrant.php This information is provided as a courtesy for BISD teachers and inclusion here does not indicate an endorsement by the district. It is important to thoroughly evaluate a website before using it with students. For help with this please contact the Learning Technologies Coach for…

Early Childhood Reading Grants

January 25, 2011

Overview Reading is essential to a child’s learning process. That’s why Target awards grants to schools, libraries and nonprofit organizations to support programs such as after-school reading events and weekend book clubs. Together we’re fostering a love of reading and encouraging children, preschool through third grade, to read together with their families. Guidelines Early childhood reading grants are $2,000. Grant applications are typically accepted between March 1 and April 30 each year, with grant notifications delivered in September. Web: http://sites.target.com/site/en/company/page.jsp?contentId=WCMP04-031821 This information is provided as a courtesy for BISD teachers and inclusion here does not indicate an endorsement by the…

Search the Web by Readability Level

January 17, 2011

Powered by Google, Twurdy is a new search engine (still in Beta) that uses color coding to show reading difficulty levels for your search results. The harder a page is to read, the darker orange the search result is shaded. There’s even an option to show you the approximate age for readers based on the difficulty. Here’s a screen shot of some search results using Twurdy (Click to view larger image): This information is provided as a courtesy for BISD teachers and inclusion here does not indicate an endorsement by the district. It is important to thoroughly evaluate a website…