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I wonder if sentence diagramming could be started earlier. I used to love doing it when I was a kid. It made sense of where a word should be to me. And it made it fun because it "looked" like something, like a tree skeleton for words.
Want to Improve Early Reading Comprehension? Start With Sentence Structure
We speak differently than we write. For comprehension development, children need exposure to syntax common to both.
www.edweek.org
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Yes! Slow things down. Bring back the art and skill of handwriting!
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From the article, it appears that reading improvement was achieved by:
1. Adding highly trained master teachers
2. Providing specialized instruction by dividing the class
3. Adding the science of reading to the literacy curriculum
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Thanks for the share of a great report. Getting Louisiana to 16th is a great achievement considering the socioeconomic challenges they face.
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Even in Wisconsin there's an alarmingly large and growing disparity in children's reading scores based on income and ethnic backgrounds. Wake up America!
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Wisconsin’s efforts to implement the science of reading are at risk as $49M in approved funding remains tied up in political gridlock.

“Act 20 is just a piece of paper until it is fully implemented,” says TRL WI President Jeanne Schopf.

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Partisan infighting taking a toll on Wisconsin kids' ability to learn to read
Already approved funds for reading instruction are being held up by politicians' inability to work together.
www.jsonline.com
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www.parentshield.org/literacyisfr...
C'mon parents, mooove your kids! Read at least 10 minutes a day. But that's only half of it--the best part is talking about it with your child. Who's your favorite character? What's the best illustration? There's tons of questions!
Literacy Is Freedom — Parent Shield Fort Worth
www.parentshield.org
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Great study from abroad. This begs the question, can parental reading and the presence of books at home overcome genetic predisposition?
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Thank you for the study and the article! Is it safe to say that the involvement of mother-child reading and literacy resources at home can overcome genetic predisposition?
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While I don't disagree with the stats, consider that maybe crime and illiteracy is resultant of a poor socioeconomic situation, which most of the kids in those bottom districts are in.
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Here’s why the Tarrant County government is stepping up to help boost reading rates: A resolution approved Feb. 19 calls on Tarrant County school districts to introduce plans outlining how all students can read on grade level.
Here’s why the Tarrant County government is stepping up to help boost reading rates
A resolution approved Feb. 19 calls on Tarrant County school districts to introduce plans outlining how all students can read on grade level.
fortworthreport.org
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"Lower birth rates, fewer immigrants, demographic shifts and an aging population are fueling the enrollment drops" - are these really the cause of fewer students in the classrooms? Do charter schools have anything to do with declining FWISD enrollment? 🧐
Fort Worth ISD trustees discuss possibly closing as many as 25 schools to rightsize district
The school board’s discussion is the beginning of a long road toward shrinking FWISD’s campus numbers in face of declining enrollment.
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