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Tips to Avoid Summer Brain Drain

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It’s that time of year when we suddenly have those sunny evenings that quickly lead into summer! Summer is an ideal time for supporting kids’ individual interests and needs, but can also lead to summer brain drain. Outside of the classroom, they are free to learn and play in summer …
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Explore the Benefits of Rereading this Holiday Season

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“And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes or bags.” “‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, …
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Purpose in the Lesson: Finding Reasons for What We Are Learning

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It’s almost time for that final bell to ring that will free you from your desk. The last thing you’re thinking about is the purpose of the lecture. That pesky seconds hand on the clock seems to be pecking away at the time slower than usual. The history teacher’s lecture …
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5 “Boring” Books Made Interesting with Flexible Thinking

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Just because something was written a long time ago doesn’t mean it’s going to be boring or irrelevant. However, there are some books out there that are a little more difficult to get through than others. The best way to approach these books is with cognitive flexibility. We need to …
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Note-taking for Literature Tips

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Reading literature is very beneficial to understanding the human condition and seeing how we’re all relative in one way or another. Whether you’re reading William Shakespeare, Ralph Waldo Emerson, J.K. Rowling, or Ernest Cline, the author has something to say about the human race or the world we live in. …
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Reading Tips (From A Special Guest)

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In this post, a special guest presents three reading tips to help with: Reading fluency Organization of ideas Comprehension Meet our guest, Chewbacca! (Video by Mike Bitanga.) Let’s take a closer look at Chewie’s reading tips. 1. Read out loud. Reading out loud helps with reading fluency. By reading out loud, you are more likely …
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Theme in a Story: What’s The Author Saying?

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Finding the theme in a story or reading passage can be tricky. A theme is presented indirectly which means we must make an inference based on the information we’re presented with throughout a story. The author could tell a story, and at some point insert a line that says: “The theme …
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Tips For Being An Active Reader

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What do you think of when you see the term active reader? Someone running down the street while reading a book at the same time? That’s not exactly what active reading is. Let’s explain the concept by first looking at the opposite of active reading, passive reading. Passive Reading Passive …
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