Teacher Information
Excellent sites for teachers of children learning to read!
This will link you to a site which has an abundance of web-sites that fall under at least 5 of the 6 dimensions of reading!
One of the best ways you can help your students learn to read is to have them read widely across all genres. Here is a list of genres to be aware of: historical fiction, realistic fiction, mystery, picture book, fantasy, science fiction, poetry, biography, textbooks/reference text, memoir/autobiography, journalism opinion/editorial, photo essay, promotional materials/advertising, tests, expository text, traditional storybooks: folktale/fairy tale/ mythology.
U.S. Department of Education - Research based methods for teaching reading.
No Child Left Behind - Six Dimensions of Reading
* Phonemic Awareness - Hearing, isolating, and manipulating words in sentences, syllables, sounds, rhyming words, and onset and rimes.
* Phonics - The ability to match letters or groups of letters to its corresponding sound.
* Fluency - Reading rate, accuracy in reading, automaticity, phrasing, smoothness, and expressiveness.
* Vocabulary - The sum of words used by, understood by, or at the command of a particular person or group.
* Motivation - "Researchers have found that as students learn to value learning they become intrinsically motivated and self-directed." - Allan Wigfield
* Comprehension - "Comprehension means that readers think not only about what they are reading but what they are learning." - Stephanie Harvey & Anne Goudvis
