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		<title>6 Things To Do When Reading Aloud to a Child</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Be There Creator</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[audiobook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bedtime stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bedtime story]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[1) Add dimension and Props- When reading to a child electronically make sure that you add a few props to go with the story. You can also end the story by sharing a food related item, for example when you are reading a book that is based on cookies throughout the story (ex: When You [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=betherebedtimestories.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17212066&amp;post=689&amp;subd=betherebedtimestories&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Early Readers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I read that the National Association for the Education of Young Children presented a report that two thirds of kindergarten teachers say that students are coming to school without the basics of knowing letters among other concepts. http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1bdZC9/www.good.is/post/kindergarten-teachers-say-students-are-behind-on-day-one/ Before I had kids I taught third and fourth grade. I left teaching for a few [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=betherebedtimestories.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17212066&amp;post=678&amp;subd=betherebedtimestories&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Research + Common Sense = Opportunity for Improvement</title>
		<link>http://betherebedtimestories.wordpress.com/2011/12/01/research-common-sense-opportunity-for-improvement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:55:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coalition for evidence-based policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[early literacy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently someone shared an article regarding a study from The Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy, a non-profit, non-partisan organization that rigorously evaluates government-funded social services and education programs. It found that annual book fairs providing summer reading materials to students in high-poverty elementary schools gave students  a significant gain in reading levels over a three year [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=betherebedtimestories.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17212066&amp;post=665&amp;subd=betherebedtimestories&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Hear Voices?</title>
		<link>http://betherebedtimestories.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/do-you-hear-voices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fake reading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[literacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reading Instruction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[silent reading]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well, hopefully you hear just one and it is while you are reading.  While we read as adults, we hear ourselves reading aloud, inside of our heads.  This is something I never really thought about or talked about before it came up in a graduate class last year.  It is important to let young readers know that they should hear [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=betherebedtimestories.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17212066&amp;post=649&amp;subd=betherebedtimestories&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Reading Race</title>
		<link>http://betherebedtimestories.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/the-reading-race/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 07:43:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Tovani]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kelly Gallagher]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://betherebedtimestories.wordpress.com/?p=637</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently I have come across an interesting by product of reading instruction in our schools and it has given me some new perspectives.  This year I have given a reading assessment to about 50 middle school students over the past couple months.  This involves students reading aloud a passage and then I ask about ten comprehension questions about the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=betherebedtimestories.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17212066&amp;post=637&amp;subd=betherebedtimestories&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Case for Repeated Readings</title>
		<link>http://betherebedtimestories.wordpress.com/2011/10/10/a-case-for-repeated-readings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fluency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[literacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reading comprehension]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[repeated readings]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://betherebedtimestories.wordpress.com/?p=626</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many young children who are being read to, prefer to read the same book over and over again.  If you are not living this out right now, you most likely remember how you were on your umpteenth reading of George and Martha, (or something of the like) and you would give anything for your child to pick ANYTHING [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=betherebedtimestories.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17212066&amp;post=626&amp;subd=betherebedtimestories&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Go Check Them Out!</title>
		<link>http://betherebedtimestories.wordpress.com/2011/09/25/go-check-them-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 03:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[book]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Libraries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Library]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[School library]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I thought I would sing the praises of my local libraries again. Libraries provide our children with so many different choices that build motivation to read. I would dare any child to walk into a library and NOT want to walk out with a book. IMPOSSIBLE, I tell you! &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=betherebedtimestories.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17212066&amp;post=618&amp;subd=betherebedtimestories&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Books that Educate</title>
		<link>http://betherebedtimestories.wordpress.com/2011/09/19/books-that-educate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 20:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://betherebedtimestories.wordpress.com/?p=607</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes there is nothing better than reading for fun. Good ol’ fluffy reading. For my girls that would be Junie B. Jones or Ramona books. They can easily identify with and connect to the character and we have some good laughs together with these books. There are other reasons to reading with and/or to your child and that would [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=betherebedtimestories.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17212066&amp;post=607&amp;subd=betherebedtimestories&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Easy Does It!</title>
		<link>http://betherebedtimestories.wordpress.com/2011/09/12/easy-does-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 01:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[early literacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[early readers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Language Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[literature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reading skills]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a question for you. What level of text is best for students to read for getting better at reading? Here are your choices: text that is challenging, text that is comfortable and easy, or text that is somewhere in between. The answer is comfortable, easy text. Whether your child is in kindergarten or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=betherebedtimestories.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17212066&amp;post=599&amp;subd=betherebedtimestories&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Labor Day!</title>
		<link>http://betherebedtimestories.wordpress.com/2011/09/06/happy-labor-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 07:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Labor Day everyone! After a year of taking classes full-time, I am back to work this year as a reading specialist. I have gotten to know many different suburban school demographics this past year due to working with other teachers in my classes and then, more recently, going through many interviews in a variety [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=betherebedtimestories.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17212066&amp;post=584&amp;subd=betherebedtimestories&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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