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Poetry gives students a chance to play with language and vocabulary in a genre with fewer words than traditional writing. This article recommends some poetry forms just for beginners, including writing group poems, acrostics, and several other poetry forms. We're sure at least one will be a perfect start to your month of poems!What's New
Using Poetry to Teach Reading
Start with humorous poems that rhyme! That's the first piece of advice in this easy-to-read guide on using more poetry in your classroom. Other advice includes tips for choosing poems, how to manage poetry readings, and how to avoid breaking copyright laws when you copy poems for kids to read.
Language-Based Learning Disability: What to Know
Language-based learning disability (LBLD) refers to a spectrum of difficulties related to the understanding and use of spoken and written language, and is a common cause of students' academic struggles. Learn about the signs of LBLD, some considerations for discerning an LBLD, and questions to ask about students' background and current performance in a new article written for LD OnLine.
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Expert Advice: How do I teach kids with LD about self-advocacy?
For many children both with and without learning disabilities (LD), self-esteem is a powerful predictor of success. Social or emotional problems are not the cause, but actually the consequence of academic frustration and failure. Follow the link for several suggested articles and books with helpful advice on improving children's self-esteem.
Glossary Term: Text Complexity*
The inherent difficulty of reading and comprehending a text combined with consideration of reader and task variables; in the Standards, a three-part assessment of text difficulty that pairs qualitative and quantitative measures with reader-task considerations (CCSS, pp. 31, 57; Reading, pp. 416).
* Defined by the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
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My Life with Dyslexia by Arthur Stockdale
It wasn't until I went in the military in 1965 that I had any idea that I had a problem. I would transpose flight numbers on the schedule board.