English Reading

What Books Should Kids Read Before Leaving the Home (for Collage or Career not Grandma's lol)

feeds@yuku.com (SgtAmi) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:36:01 GMT

What are your suggestions? What do you wish you had read? Any books make a profound mark on your life?

Literature? History? Economics? Politics? Homemaking? World View?

Reading a to z

feeds@yuku.com (Purplecow7) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:36:42 GMT

Has anyone used reading a to z? http://www.readinga-z.com/

I am thinking this might be helpful for ds age 5, current reading level is DRA 3. He is showing some signs of dyslexia. (runs in my family). So he has been struggling with reading, but now he really wants to learn and we have started the HOP program again. Last time we did he just memorized the books and did not really read it.

Books and Stories OnLine

feeds@yuku.com (denpratt) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:24:21 GMT

There are several sites that have out-of-copyright books.

Best Books of All Time lists

feeds@yuku.com (denpratt) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:04:30 GMT

Seem to need a place to list all the lists of best books of all time.

What audiobooks are dk listening to?

feeds@yuku.com (denpratt) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:40:24 GMT

Audiobooks can often be older than the child's reading level, and can often be more complicated than what one might read at bedtime. Listened to in cars or at home, fed into iPods, it's a way to bathe the child in language and associations that are above the child's reading level.

Book Lists: Tween Books

feeds@yuku.com (denpratt) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:30:14 GMT

Nicholas Kristof's recommendations, along with lots of recommendations from NYT readers

Fundations and Bradley phonics program

feeds@yuku.com (Purplecow7) — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 23:00:08 GMT

Talking with sil who is a 2nd grade teacher. She talked about two phonics programs fundations and Bradley. Any comments

What makes a Good Fourth Grade Reader - Knowledge

feeds@yuku.com (Purplecow7) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:24:54 GMT

http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2009/07/what-makes-a-good-fourth-grade-reader-knowledge/

"Once students can decode, background knowledge is crucial to reading comprehension. Ensuring that students have wide-ranging knowledge of the world ideally begins at birth, through a rich home environment. Schools must do everything possible to support and expand that...

Book resource: "What to Read When"

feeds@yuku.com (piraterose) — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:38:26 GMT

What to Read When: The Books and Stories to Read with Your Child--and All the Best Times to Read Them
by Pam Allyn

It seemd like a great book to when you are stuck for a book or theme to introduce your child to - she focuses on books to read out-loud to your child through age 10. The books are list by age and then again by theme.

I found this book on a blog I read. I include the blog post, as it has a small interview with the author:

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Summer Reading Lists

feeds@yuku.com (Ann) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:34:44 GMT

I know I just went on and on about "surrendering" on another thread, but here is something that makes me crazy.

The school sends home the "Summer Reading Suggestions" last week. I kid you not, it had 2,000 books on it. It was basically a data dump from the Public Library. It had no categories, no breakouts by reading ability. Nothing. Just alphabetical by author's last name.

I couldn't control myself and...

Barnes and Noble reading Program 2009

feeds@yuku.com (Purplecow7) — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 08:44:34 GMT

2009 Summer Reading Program is Out
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/summerreading/index.asp

Paperback Swap

feeds@yuku.com (denpratt) — Mon, 04 May 2009 09:55:34 GMT

Trade books through the mail for just the cost of postage -- your computer prints out the exact postage....
http://www.paperbackswap.com/index.php

Good Reads

feeds@yuku.com (SgtAmi) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:50:16 GMT

http://www.goodreads.com/

I just started a goodreads list and will be adding to it as I can. On this site, you can list, review, etc the books you've read. You can create lists for books read, books to read, books currently reading and other lists like books reading with kids, etc. You can share your lists with friends (requires knowing their email). If anyone wants to see my lists just send me a private message to get my...

For those who homeschool, how many books a week?

feeds@yuku.com (browniegirl1) — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:32:23 GMT

I think I am getting carried away reviewing all the possible books my kids could read in line with SOTW1 next year We love books but I don't want to overwhelm them. I need an idea of what's reasonable. I'd like to do some novel studies (Progeny Press) and was shocked these companies tend to recommend doing only about 4 a year. Then if I add in some historical fiction...how much do...

Explode the Code

feeds@yuku.com (Purplecow7) — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:00:18 GMT

I have started using the program Explode the Code with my youngest. I have used HOP with him, but he memorize all the books in the first box. It starts with the at family. You x out the picture that is the right sound. Then there is an exercise where you x out the right word. Like the main word is cat then you have to pick either cat or cot. Then another exercise is they have to read two senteces. The hat is fat and The bat is fat. Then there is a picture and you have to pick the...

Pro/Con: Reading Aloud

feeds@yuku.com (denpratt) — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:25:39 GMT

Store stories, anecdotes, and research on reading aloud

Beginning Reading Issues

feeds@yuku.com (momof2) — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:45:42 GMT

I apologize if there is a post on this but I searched and was unable to find anything dealing with exactly my concern.

DS5.2 has been asking to learn to read for over a year now. I have been trying to use "The Reading Lesson" which is very simple and the pages are not overloaded with text and pictures. I started this book in August with him. DS asks for the lessons then fidgets and refuses to do the lesson, he's even started crying. I put the book away and wait...

Lexia Reading

feeds@yuku.com (momof2) — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:21:33 GMT

I was reviewing the curriculum of our PS school that DS5 will be attending next fall. One piece they are using Lexia Reading, is anyone familiar with this or had their children experience this? I'm wondering what to expect. Thanks.

Phonics Pathways

feeds@yuku.com (Ann) — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:20:30 GMT

As I wrote in my intro post, I have a DS who is in public K this year.

One of the things that has already made me nuts is how they teach reading at his school. It's Reading Street by Scott-Foresman/Pearson. They call it "balanced literacy" but it looks like whole language to me. They send home lists of sight words to memorize, but most of the words are not the "outlaws" that you can't sound out, but words that can be sounded out. Then they send home these...

picking books - parent vs. child

feeds@yuku.com (piraterose) — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:16:56 GMT

How do you find a balance between choosing books to read to your child/for them to read and the child discovering titles on their own. I was big reader as a child, but except the occasional books given as gifts, I mostly remember choosing books on my own, spending hours in my school libraries discovering new (or old) books. And yet, now I find myself making mental lists of books I want Elisabeth to read (or read too her).

How do you find a balance between the two? I have a list...