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Author Presentation: Dr. Richard Allington

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

i. Children’s varying reading skill levels

ii. The success of teachers in teaching reading

iii. The problems with the “one size fits all” approach to teaching reading

 

 

2. Dr. Allington’s Theory on Intervention & How It Can Make a Difference In Reading

a. In this podcast, Dr. Allington addresses

i. The benefit of giving children books that they are interested in

ii. How intervention does not mean working with a student for 30 minutes a day

 

3. What Can Be Done

a. In this podcast, Dr. Allington addresses

i. That idea that exemplary teachers teach children, not subjects

ii. The summer reading gap

 

 

 

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://gws.ala.org/

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/wordpress/?page_id=1391

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.wpl.info