Strickson Lenster Fredrick
ED638 Fall Intersession 2018
Dr. M. Rivera
IRA Newsletter Project: Effective Literacy Website # 4
Effective Literacy Website on Reading Rockets
The fourth website for Effective Reading Project that I will be reviewing is Reading Rockets. The website or url is can be found here (www.readingrockets.org). Reading Rockets' mission is to take that research-based and best-practice information and make it available to as many people as possible through the power and reach of television and the Internet. As I came across the website, I found it very useful for those who struggle with reading due to fact that is the purpose of this program.
The purpose is to help guide students through what they are about to read, and helps students monitor their comprehension while reading. It helps students to follow the main points of the reading and understand the organization of a text. It helps readers to think actively as they read and have a purpose for reading. The home page contains useful information which includes teaching reading, helping struggling readers, reading topic from A-Z, Children’s books & authors, a series of video demonstrations, PBS Shows, Research, Guides and Resources, resources for parents, teachers and others. All the materials been provided on the website are very useful to all people that are willing to promote reading.
Since we all know that learning to read is a challenge for almost 50 percent of kids. The good news is that with early help of this program; most reading problems can be prevented. The bad news is that nearly half of all parents who notice their child having trouble wait a year or more before getting help. Unfortunately, the older a child is, the more difficult it is to teach him or her to read. If a child can't read well by the end of third grade, odds are that he or she will never catch up. And the effects of falling behind and feeling like a failure can be devastating.
In conclusion, reading rockets has a very hugely complicated task worldwide. They goes inside the classroom and capture effective techniques for teaching in all aspect of reading. One of their finding shows that Reading instruction does not need to stop when the bell rings. Therefore, they develop a program by the name of Using out-of-school time. Using out-of-school time (OST) can be an effective way to boost academic skills while engaging students outside of the classroom. Education research lab McREL reviews effective afterschool and summer programs that focus on reading, and identifies the components that make them successful.
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