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READING


    Students often complain that they can't read or don't like to read.  That usually means reading is difficult for that person.  There really is one way to fix that......READ MORE!!!!  Honestly, practicing really helps....start small....pick a book you think you'd enjoy.....or find a magazine you like.  Read to younger brothers or sisters.  Read to your mom and dad while they cook dinner.  See if you can borrow a book on tape (from the library) and read along from the actual text.  This last idea is one of the best proven methods for improving reading fluency (speed and accuracy).  So what are you waiting for?  Get out there and read!
    And if you happen to be a boy who really doesn't like to read...there may be hope yet.  Check out this site:  www.guysread.com


Some student recommended authors:

E.B. White
Avi
Jerry Spinelli
Karen Hesse
John Steinbeck
Anne McCaffrey
Paul Zindel
Sharon Creech
Gordon Korman
Wendelin Van Draanen
J. D. Salinger
Bill Wallace
Brian Jacques
Carl Hiaasen
J.K. Rowling
K. A. Applegate
Harper Lee
Robert Jordan
Orson Scott Card
Jack London
Lemony Snicket
JRR Tolkien
Mary Higgins Clark
Louis Sachar
Linda Sue Park
Anne Frank
Katherine Paterson
Lurlene McDaniel
Lois Lowry
Richard Peck
Eoin Colfer
Mildred Taylor
Robert C. O'Brien
L.M. Montgomery
Sandra Cisneros
Mark Twain
Natalie Babbit
S.E. Hinton




Some student recommended poets:
Carl Sandburg
Emily Dickinson
Gary Soto
Robert Frost
Shel Silverstein
Jack Prelutsky
Sharon Creech
www.poets.org



























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