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Reading for the Fun of It

A student lent me her fun hat! Today I celebrated Read Across America Day along with third and fourth graders at Olde Providence Elementary School. In honor of Dr. Seuss's birthday, I had the pleasure of reading The Bippilo Seed and Other Lost Stories (Random House, 2011). The students enthusiastically appreciated Dr. Seuss's imagination, rhymes,… Continue reading Reading for the Fun of It

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IRA-2008- Part 2

In her "Ode to David Letterman" Linda Gambrell (president of IRA) presented these as her top 10 reasons for pleasure reading in her keynote address:10. Reading exercises the brain.9. Reading helps you become fluent in a second language- text language. 8. The more you read the smarter you get. (Anne Cunningham and Keith Stanovich)7. Reading… Continue reading IRA-2008- Part 2