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• Family Literacy: Parental Involvement, Part 2

  This week, we're focusing on the role of  parental involvement in children's literacy , presenting ideas for Family Literacy Workshop activities, taken from  Family Literacy Workshops   for Preschool through Grade 6: A Research Based Approach . In yesterday's post, we looked at the structure of a workshop and why...

• Family Literacy: Parental Involvement, Part 5

  Due to the popularity of our posts on the role of   parental involvement in children's literacy , which present ideas for Family Literacy Workshop activities taken from   Family Literacy Workshops   for Preschool through Grade 6: A Research Based Approach , we've decided to keep the subject a...

• Family Literacy: Parental Involvement, Part 4

  Last week, we had a series of posts on the role of   parental involvement in children's literacy , presenting ideas for Family Literacy Workshop activities, taken from   Family Literacy Workshops   for Preschool through Grade 6: A Research Based Approach . You can see those earlier posts  ...

• Family Literacy: Parental Involvement, Part 1

                    Editor’s Note: This blog was initially published in June 2013 for teachers   to plan a Family Literacy Night. We are re-sharing it today, during the ongoing COVID-19 situation, to highlight the free downloadable take-home activities that might benefit your students...

• Family Literacy: Parental Involvement, Part 3

  This week, we've been focusing on the role of  parental involvement in children's literacy , presenting ideas for Family Literacy Workshop activities, taken from  Family Literacy Workshops   for Preschool through Grade 6: A Research Based Approach . In Tuesday's post, we looked at the structure of a workshop and...

• Using a Homework Calendar: Family Literacy, Part 7

  Due to the popularity of our posts on the role of  parental involvement in children's literacy , which present ideas for Family Literacy Workshop activities taken from  Family Literacy Workshops   for Preschool through Grade 6: A Research Based Approach , we've decided to keep the subject a recurring topic...

• Homework Expectations for Teachers & Parents: Family Literacy, Part 8

  Due to the popularity of our posts on the role of   parental involvement in children's literacy , which present ideas for Family Literacy Workshop activities taken from   Family Literacy Workshops   for Preschool through Grade 6: A Research Based Approach , we've decided to keep the subject a...

• Parents' Guide to an Interactive Read Aloud: Family Literacy, Part 6

  Due to the popularity of our posts on the role of   parental involvement in children's literacy , which present ideas for Family Literacy Workshop activities taken from   Family Literacy Workshops   for Preschool through Grade 6: A Research Based Approach , we've decided to keep the subject a...

• 4 Simple Ways Parents Can Help with Homework: Family Literacy, Part 9

    Due to the popularity of our posts on the role of   parental involvement in children's literacy , which present ideas for Family Literacy Workshop activities taken from   Family Literacy Workshops   for Preschool through Grade 6: A Research Based Approach , we've decided to keep the subject...

• Tips to Promote Family Literacy Using Leveled Readers

  By Susan Weaver Jones, Reading Specialist, Guest Blogger Students need direct instruction to help them strengthen reading skills and strategies, including accessing their background knowledge, making predictions, recognizing real-world connections, and addressing other essential standards. Students also need time to practice their literacy skills beyond school hours. How can you...

• Best of Series: More Fun Oral Language Development at Home (Family Literacy #12)

  Editor's Note: This blog was previously published, we're re-sharing it as part of our 'Best of' series, a look back at some of our most popular blogs. This is the last post in our series on the role of parental involvement in children's literacy, which presents ideas for Family Literacy Workshop activities taken...

• Literacy Strategies for Festive Fall Lessons, Part 2

  Editor's Note: This blog was previously published, we're re-sharing it today as the Halloween season begins.     By Sarah Maze, M.S. Ed., Guest Blogger If you're as excited as I am to use Halloween-themed leveled readers to help struggling readers, then continue reading this post wherein I'll explain how you...

• 8 Ways for Families to Support Summer Literacy

  Look forward to reading and writing with your child this summer! This list of simple ideas makes reading and writing at home fun and easy. Click here to download and print this list. Read to Your Child  It can’t be said enough, the benefits of reading out loud to your...

• Integrating Social-Emotional Learning and Literacy Instruction [K–2]

  By Paula Dugger, M. Ed., Guest Blogger As we observe children in our classrooms today, it is apparent that many lack appropriate social and emotional skills. As a result, the task of teaching proper skills to children often falls on the education community, especially classroom teachers. Many children come to...

• 4 Steps to Create an Effective Literacy Instruction Team

  By Paula Dugger, M. Ed., Guest Blogger The quote, “It takes a village to raise a child,” has been around for a number of years. Although the origin of the quote is still unclear, the meaning is not. Children need continuous interaction with a community of people in order to...

• Using Literacy Frames to Aid Guided Reading

  This is a guest post by Richard Giso, an occasional contributor to our blog.   Click here  to see his earlier posts, and check back   here on our Classroom Literacy blog   frequently to see if he's got a new post up! You could also check out his blog,...

• Literacy Strategies with Leveled Books for Grandparents Day

  By Sarah Maze, M.S. Ed., Guest Blogger Does your elementary school celebrate Grandparents Day? My grandpa reminisced about his visits to our elementary schools as long as he lived. He continued to ask to join us at school for this day even after we entered middle school and high school....

• Building Curiosity and Content-Area Literacy with Leveled Readers

  By Dr. Susan Bennett-Armistead, Professor of Literacy Education, Guest Blogger “I’m going to kindergarten! I’m going to learn to read!” my daughter's five-year-old friend announced to me at her kindergarten orientation night a few weeks ago. While many kindergartners want to read, there are some kids who need a significant amount of...

• The Role of Informational Text in Early Literacy Instruction

  The following post is an excerpt from the teacher's guide by Libby Larrabee for the   Zoozoo Into the Wild   series of leveled readers . To find out more information about the series, which contains not only informational text, but also fiction and wordless books, click on the image...

• 3 Ideas That Help Language Learners Practice Literacy Strategies [Pre-K–1]

  By Sarah Maze, M.S. Ed., Guest Blogger As classrooms across the country become more linguistically diverse, you may be looking for strategies to support a multiliteracy approach to language arts instruction. Many students are entering classrooms as second language learners; some know English while others know little to no English....

• Using Big Books to Teach Content-Area Literacy Skills

  By Dr. Geraldine Haggard, Reading Recovery Teacher Leader, Guest Blogger Using big books that align with science and language arts standards will allow you to help your students meet the demands of standards for both content areas. The purpose of today's blog post is to provide you with ideas to use...

• Using Magnetic Letters to Make Words, Part 1

  This is the ninth of a progressive series of posts that we will be featuring on the Hameray Blog every Thursday for 10 weeks (for the other posts,   click here ). It's authored by special guest blogger Paula Dugger, who is an educational consultant with a rich-literacy background that...

• Hameray Classroom Literacy Blog! How to Keep Students Reading Through Spring and Summer [A Classic Post]

  This is a guest post by blogger Elizabeth Hall that originally ran in April 2014. If you like what you see here, you can check out her blog,   Kickin' It in Kindergarten , for more of her writing, or   you can click here to see her other contributions...

• Using Leveled Books to Help Students Develop Positive Behavioral Skills, Part 4

  This is a guest blog post by Dr. Geraldine Haggard, who   is a retired teacher, Reading Recovery teacher leader, author, and university teacher.   It is the fourth and last in a series about using leveled books to teach the importance of good citizenship and classroom behavior. Click here to...

• How to Engage Striving Readers in Middle School, Part 1

  Editor's Note: This blog was previously published, we're re-sharing it today as teachers begin to plan their fall semester.     By Susan Weaver Jones, Reading Specialist, Guest Blogger While some middle school students may be capable of successfully demonstrating their reading comprehension, there may be striving readers who are painfully...

• How a Leveled Classroom Library Benefits Students and Families

  By Dr. Geraldine Haggard, Reading Recovery Teacher Leader, Guest Blogger There are several ways that a classroom library can serve students as they learn about books and develop a love of reading. Reading can become a comfortable, fun activity with access to books organized in tubs, shelves, bookracks, and even in...

• Hameray Herald: June 2013 Issue

  "There is general agreement that family support can make all the difference in the school life of a child.  Anything that we can do to encourage or increase the involvement of the family will be time well spent."                        ...

• 9 Strategies to Improve Reading Fluency [K–2]

  By Nancy Brekke, Reading Interventionist, Guest Blogger When students become more fluent, they enjoy reading more, are able to read more material in less time, and will better understand what they are reading. Then reading won't be seen as a chore but will be something to look forward to. Read...

• Fostering Student Ownership and a Love of Reading [Upper Elementary]

  Editor's Note: This blog was previously published, we're re-sharing it as part of our 'Best of' series, a look back at some of our most popular blogs.   By Dr. Geraldine Haggard, Reading Recovery Teacher Leader, Guest Blogger Striving readers in the upper elementary grades face the challenge of growing as readers...

• Building World Knowledge: Helping Parents Help Teachers

  This guest post by Susan Bennett-Armistead, author of our  My World informational texts , is part of an ongoing series in which she discusses informational text and its benefits and uses. Check back regularly to catch her next post! As early educators, we enjoy relationships with parents that some of...

• Developing Phonological Awareness in Emergent Spanish Readers [K–1]

   By Carla Bauer-Gonzalez, Reading Recovery Teacher, Guest Blogger Recently, I was sitting down with my Grade 1 Spanish intervention group, about to read       Me Gusta el Futbol. We began the book orientation, and afterward, the first reading begins. What I observe of each reader is surprising; they were having...

• Election Vocabulary with the Biography Series

  In just five days, American voters will elect the 45 th   President of the United States. Everywhere we turn, the media bombards us with the latest campaign news, polls, and political advertisements. Our students also want to take part in the fervent discussions taking over our country, but they...

• [Classic Post] Building World Knowledge: Helping Parents Help Teachers

  This guest post by Susan Bennett-Armistead, author of our   My World informational texts , was originally published in Dec. 2013.  As early educators, we enjoy relationships with parents that some of our colleagues who teach in older grades miss out on. We are often their children’s first teachers, and...

• Teaching Retelling Strategies with Leveled Literature—with FREE Download!

  This is a guest post by Richard Giso, an occasional contributor to our blog.  Click here  to see his earlier posts, and check back here on our Classroom Literacy blog frequently to see if he's got a new post up! You could also check out his blog, called  Mr. Giso's Room to...

• Selecting Nonfiction with Diversity in Mind

  Blog Series:  Prep Your Library!  With back-to-school around the corner, we are excited to share a series of blogs offering valuable tips and thought-provoking questions about building and organizing school/classroom libraries.  This blog was previously published; we are re-sharing it today as part of our series.    By Susan Bennett-Armistead, author...

• Bringing History to Life with Biography Day!

  This is a guest post by Richard Giso, an occasional contributor to our blog.   Click here   to see his earlier posts, and check back here on our Classroom Literacy blog frequently to see if he's got a new post up! You could also check out his blog, called...

• What Goes On in a Content-Rich Preschool Classroom? Find Out!

  This guest post by Susan Bennett-Armistead, author of our   My World informational texts , is part of an ongoing series in which she discusses informational text and its benefits and uses, and gives tips on teaching in a preschool and early elementary setting. Check back regularly to catch her...

• How Do You Decide What to Teach? Choosing Units of Study in Preschool

  This guest post by Susan Bennett-Armistead, author of our  My World informational texts , is part of an ongoing series in which she discusses informational text and its benefits and uses. Check back regularly to catch her next post!  “How do you decide what to teach?” Because I have the...

• Classic Post: Joy Cowley's Smarty Pants Books and Shared Reading—with FREE Download!

  This is a guest post by blogger Elizabeth Hall that originally ran in February 2014. If you like what you see here, you can check out her blog,   Kickin' It in Kindergarten , for more of her writing, or   you can click here to see her other contributions...

• Fostering a Love of Reading in Middle School

  By Dr. Geraldine Haggard, Reading Recovery Teacher Leader, Guest Blogger Let's take a look at the need for fostering a love of reading in the lives of struggling readers in middle school. To do this, first I'll explain issues that affect students who struggle with reading in middle school. Then I'll give some ideas for school personnel...

• Classic Post: Teaching Reading with The Helping Hand—with FREE Download!

  This is a guest post by blogger Elizabeth Hall that originally ran in January 2014. If you like what you see here, you can check out her blog, Kickin' It in Kindergarten, for more of her writing, or you can click here to see her other contributions to our blog!Strategies for Teaching...

• 8 Ways to Motivate Reluctant Readers

  By Beth Richards As a literacy interventionist, I work with many students who find reading to be a challenge and, as a result, struggle to feel excited and happy to read. Literacy expert and former professor Richard Allington reminds us that reading volume predicts reading growth, so our students need...

• This Sunday: #rrchat with Hameray Authors!

  Do you know about #rrchat? The Reading Recovery National Council of America, which provides effective intervention for struggling readers in first grade, has developed an ongoing Twitter Chat series. Focusing on topics such as "Teaching Reading and Writing Vocabulary" and "Leveraging Deeper Professional Development," these forums allow you to discuss...

• Classic Post: Teaching Retelling Strategies with Leveled Literature—with FREE Download!

  This is a guest post by Richard Giso, an occasional contributor to our blog. It was originally published in January 2014.  Click here  to see his other posts! You could also check out his blog, called  Mr. Giso's Room to Read , in which he writes about fun classroom activities,...

• Leveled Books for Summer Reading with Fun Activities

  By Paula Dugger, M. Ed., Guest Blogger Summer is filled with family vacations, camps, outdoor activities and a break from school. It’s a time to do away with all those structured learning activities found in the classroom during the school year. Or is it? Summer reading is important, but some parents...

• How to Leverage Prior Knowledge About Homes

  By Rhonda McDonald, Reading Specialist, Guest Blogger In order for an appliance to work properly, it needs power. Similarly, when you tap into a child’s background knowledge, he or she needs a frame of reference in order to develop real world connections to classroom instruction. Keep reading to find out how...

• [Classic Post] Bringing History to Life with Biography Day!

  This is a guest post by Richard Giso that originally ran in June 2014. You can also check out his blog, called   Mr. Giso's Room to Read , in which he writes about fun classroom activities, behavior management, and classroom management. Hello all. I’m Rich from   Mr. Giso's Room...

• Preparing for Kindergarten Science with Nonfiction Books

  By Paula Dugger, M. Ed., Guest Blogger Whether or not parents are ready for their child to start kindergarten, it is important to prepare children for a successful start. Continue reading to learn about ways to use science nonfiction books as a part of early childhood learning to help young students find the fun in...

• Leveraging Prior Knowledge Before Writing and Reading Practice [Grades 1–2]

  Editor's Note: This blog was previously published, we're re-sharing it today as educators prepare for the upcoming semester.     By Dr. Geraldine Haggard, Reading Recovery Teacher Leader, Guest Blogger We know that prior knowledge is necessary to help students develop their capacity in reading and writing. How can we as teachers...

• Strategies for Teaching Reading: The Helping Hand—with FREE Download!

  This is a guest post by blogger Elizabeth Hall. If you like what you see here, you can check out her blog,   Kickin' It in Kindergarten , for more of her writing, or   you can click here to see her other contributions to our blog ! Strategies for...