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Dr. Richard Allington’s Presentations from February 16th, 2012
Parent/Community Presentation: Every Child is a Reader
PowerPoint Slides: Every Child a Reader_Parent Presentation
Author Presentation: Dr. Richard Allington
Feb, 2012
Dr. Richard Allington grew up in Michigan and attended a one-room school house. He was the first in his family to graduate college, which lead him to become an elementary school classroom teacher. He was a Title I director in poor rural schools prior to beginning his career as a teacher educator and instructional researcher. Dr. Allington is currently a Professor of Education at the University of Tennessee. His research interests include reading/learning disabilities and effective instruction, especially in classroom settings. His publications include over 100 articles, chapters, monographs, and books. He served or serves on the editorial advisory boards of Reading Research Quarterly, Review of Educational Research, Journal of Educational Psychology, Reading Teacher, Elementary School Journal, Journal of Literacy Research, and Remedial and Special Education.
We are pleased to share the following podcast recorded with Dr. Richard Allington. The podcast has been divided into three segments based on topics he discussed.
1. What We Know & What Doesn’t Work
a. In this podcast, Dr. Allington addresses
2. Dr. Allington’s Theory on Intervention & How It Can Make a Difference In Reading
a. In this podcast, Dr. Allington addresses
3. What Can Be Done
a. In this podcast, Dr. Allington addresses
Welcome
Dear Parent,
Reading is the foundation for lifelong learning! With the help of a new K-5 initiative called Racine Reads: Dream Big!, I am encouraging our class to read as many books as possible to help reach a Racine community-wide goal of reading one million books during the 2011-2012 school year.
The mission of the Racine Reads: Dream Big! program is simple – to encourage your child to read more. The program is easy and fun! Your child and our class have the opportunity to earn great incentives – everything from pizza parties to
iPads. And if our school reads the most books per child this year, we can win a library make-over that is valued at $100,000. Just for participating, your child will receive a Reading Record to track book titles, and a Racine Reads pencil.
Each day, your child will write completed books on the Reading Record, and Iwill confirm the books with stickers. Even the books you read to your child at home count toward the goal so please read to your child every day.
To learn more about Racine Reads: Dream Big!, visit the website at www.racinereads.org. There you will find fun ideas and other resources to help encourage your child to read more. You will also be able to see our current community-wide book count. Be sure to ‘like us’ on Facebook at www.facebook.com/racinereads and ‘follow us’ on Twitter at
www.twitter.com/racinereads.
I hope you will continue to encourage your child to read every day, and to make reading a part of your daily family activities.
Thank you!
Online Resources
American Library Association List of Great Website for Kids
A listing of websites that are great for kids put together by Librarians.
http://www.ala.org/gwstemplate.cfm?section=greatwebsites&template=/cfapps/gws/default.cfm
The Best Ways to Teach Kids to Read from Oprah.com
http://www.oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/The-Best-Ways-to-Teach-Kids-to-Read
Book lists put together by Racine Public Library Youth Services Librarians
http://www.racinelibrary.info/YSDbooklists.htm
How to Encourage Reading in Little Ones – The first step in teaching children how to read is to encourage reading.
http://www.littleonesreadingresource.com/teaching-children-to-read.html
James Petterson’s ReaderKiddoRead.com – Dedicated to making kids readers for life)
http://www.readkiddoread.com/home
Novel List K-8 – helping kids locate age-appropriate books in the library.
Note: You may need to use your public library card to access this resource. If you don’t have one you may get a free card at the Racine Public Library.
http://www.wiscat.net/homepages/CustomerWide/ValidateGlobalIP.asp?cuid=stwi&lid=stwi&dataid=764&term=
100 Best Books for Children
http://www.teachersfirst.com/100books.cfm
101 Out-Of-This-World Books For Kids Ages 8-13
http://als.lib.wi.us/MRList.html
Read On Wisconsin!
http://readon.education.wisc.edu/index.php/book-selections-2
Reading Rockets – Teaching kids to ready and helping those who struggle.
http://www.readingrockets.org/audience/parents/
Wisconsin Public Library Consortium Digital Download Center – Download ebooks to listen to or read for free. All you need is your public library card. If you don’t have one you can get one for free at the Racine Public Library.
http://dbooks.wplc.info
