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11. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Tip & How-To
    Make the Most of Reading Aloud
    Learn a few simple read-aloud strategies that can sharpen a child's emerging reading skills and help you have fun together with a good book.
12. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Tip & How-To
    Make Time for Reading
    It's DEAR time! (Also known as time to Drop Everything and Read). Find out how making time to read with children every day can foster their love of books and help them learn to read.
13. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Shared Poetry Reading: Teaching Print Concepts, Rhyme, and Vocabulary
    The rhyme and reason behind this lesson is that students will need to develop important reading skills to increase their reading fluency.
14. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    The Big Green Monster Teaches Phonics in Reading and Writing
    A big green monster helps students build their reading fluency and word recognition skills through choral reading, literacy center activities, and writing stories.
15. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 12
    Today is D.E.A.R. Day!
    April 12 is known as D.E.A.R Day! D.E.A.R. stands for "Drop Everything and Read," a national month-long celebration of reading designed to remind folks of all ages to make reading a priority activity in their lives.
16. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Using a Predictable Text to Teach High-Frequency Words
    After reading an engaging yet predictable text about a child looking for his cat, students use a similar format and high-frequency words to craft tales about their own lost pets.
17. Professional Development | Grades   K – 6  |  Strategy Guide
    Using Paired Reading to Increase Fluency and Peer Cooperation
    In this strategy, students read aloud to each other, pairing more fluent readers with less fluent readers. This strategy can also be used to pair older students with younger students to create "reading buddies."
18. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 3  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Word Study with Henry and Mudge
    Henry and Mudge is used in this lesson to build students' word recognition through rereading, high-frequency word banks, word studies, and writing.

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