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Understood Reading Rockets

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Reading Rockets is an award-winning national education project offered by WETA, the PBS station in Washington, DC. They also produce LD OnLine (about teaching kids with LD), AdLit.org (all about adolescent literacy), Colorín Colorado (for parents and teachers of English language learners), and Start With A Book (about summer learning). Explore annotated writing samples from kids in pre-K through grade 3, and see next-step suggestions for instruction. You’ll also learn about writing milestones and different purposes of writing — along with ideas for how to make room for writing during the day. The ability to recall and retell the sequence of events in a text helps students identify main narrative components, understand text structure, and summarize — all key components of comprehension. From the building blocks of reading to classroom strategies to creating inclusive classrooms — we’re here to help you understand everything you need to know to help young children grow as readers and writers.

Our rich library of classroom strategies, articles, parent tip sheets, FAQs, videos, research briefs and more provides you with research-based and best-practice information. We’re writing about best practices in reading instruction, building background knowledge, and choosing and using children’s books in the classroom and at home. Understood is the leading nonprofit empowering the 70 million people with learning and thinking differences in the United States. We’re building a community where all people who learn and think differently can feel supported. Our free resources give people the tools they need to thrive — while helping them understand they’re not alone. Whatever help you’re looking for, you’ll find it here at Understood.

And it’s all free. Understood Experts are behind our articles, podcasts, and community groups. They are professionals from the fields of education, mental health, medicine, activism, and public policy. “Connecting with parents and providing information to help them navigate their children’s journey through school is so gratifying. And knowing they’re not alone is often such a comfort to families who have kids who struggle academically or socially.” Reading ProgramsContactDyslexiaSupplemental Reading Programk-5 ResourcesFJH &FHS ResourcesParent ResourcesSummer Resources

What happens when neuroscience meets Dr. Seuss? Hosted by Henry Winkler, who has had his own struggles with reading, Reading and the Brain explores how brain scientists are working to solve the puzzle of why some children struggle to read and... Startling new research shows the answer may lie in how a child’s brain is wired from birth. This program is the eighth episode of Launching Young Readers, WETA’s award–winning series of innovative half-hour programs about how children learn to read, why so many struggle, and what we can do to help. Reading Rockets – Blast Off Into Books!

Launch your students into the world of reading with Reading Rockets – Blast Off Into Books, a targeted comprehension resource built around the Super Six Comprehension Strategies. This engaging and student-friendly pack is designed to deepen understanding of a focus text through activities that encourage students to: Predict before reading Make connections to self, text, and world Question for clarity and... Perfect for whole-class instruction, small group work, or independent literacy rotations, this resource supports students in actively thinking while they read and provides structured tasks to build confident, thoughtful readers. Ideal for lower to middle primary students, Reading Rockets will help your class blast off into better comprehension—one strategy at a time! Understood began with a dream to give parents everywhere access to the kind of resources usually only available to a few. Then 15 nonprofits came together to make that dream a reality.

Experience it now at http://www.understood.org

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