reading comprehension

Reading Comprehension: Helping Kids Succeed

Reading comprehension is the skill of decoding text and then remembering what was read.  This can help children to find success in acquiring knowledge and eventually lead to successful test taking and test preparation.  It is an important skill that can be mastered when broken down for the child. They may need extra help along the way in order to achieve success but constant practice is the key toward finding success. Below are some additional ideas to help your child succeed in reading comprehension.

reading comprehension

The following 8 tips can be used to help children become successful in reading comprehension:

  • Start Young: It is never to early to practice the great skills of reading. Whether you are reading with the child or they are reading to themselves
  • Audio Books: Listen to stories and then have the student become the illustrator and make the book
  • Summary:  Break larger reading into smaller portions where the student can ask himself or herself what was this about.  For example, this can be applied to early readers and short sentences to paraphrase reflectively and make sense of the larger book
  • Compare/Contrast:  Students can reflect on what they have read by looking at what it is like from their prior knowledge and how it is different.  They may also be comparing facts in the sentence or characters in the book
  • Clue Words: Teachers and/or parents can help students prepare for what they are reading by highlighting and defining words for them to find in the text.  This can help students to greater understand what they are reading
  • Variety of input:  Students can practice reading to themselves, in small groups, or as a class.  This can help students to listen and read, and it can also help with the next point.
  • Discussion:  After reading, children can discuss with each other or with you what was read and how it applies to the topic.
  • Graphic Organizer:  Students can take what they read and apply it to note type format.  This multi task experience can help with retention, understanding, and be used later as a reference.

 

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The Importance of Being a Father

The Importance of Being a Father

I recently read this article which provoked some thinking on what wonderful father’s my life has been blessed with. Thought I would pass along the read: Why Father’s Really Matter. It states some interesting facts on the importance of being a father and the life longs, generational impacts this may have, like:

The Importance of Being a Father

  • Environmental toxins leave even more florid traces on grandchildren and great-grandchildren
  • When the study appeared in 2002, a British geneticist published an essay speculating that how much a boy ate in pre-puberty could permanently reprogram the epigenetic switches that would govern the manufacture of sperm a few years later.
  • Effects of betel nut consumption by a male may extend to his grandchildren
  • Fathers’ trauma communicates itself to their offspring
  • Children of men older than 50 were 2.2 times as likely to have autism as children of 29-year-olds
  • By the time the men passed 55, the risk doubled to 4.4 times that of 29-year-olds
  • What doctors should probably add is that the health of unborn children can be affected by what and how much men eat; the toxins they absorb; the traumas they endure; their poverty or powerlessness; and their age at the time of conception
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alcohol and drug abuse

Alcohol and Drug Abuse: Know the Facts

Alcohol and Drug Abuse are ongoing issues, especially for those with emotional disabilities. When mental health issues and substances collide, it can result in death. It is important to educate ourselves on these issues, so that we can recognize the warning signs and get help when needed. September is National Alcohol and Drug Recovery Month, and in honor of this important month, here are some surprising statistics I recently read about Alcohol and Drug Abuse:

  • More than 3 million people use Cocaine
  • Nearly half of all drug-related emergency room visits involve cocaine abuse
  • More than 10 million people abuse prescription medication
  • More than 40 people per day drive from drunk driving accidents, approximately 16,000 people per year
  • Alcohol is the leading risk factor in deaths of males 15-59
  • Alcohol dependence and abuse costs $220 billion per year
  • 17.6 million people, or about 1 in 12 adults, abuse alcohol or are alcohol dependent

alcohol and drug abuse

According to National Survey on Drug Use and Health, in 2009, 51.9% of Americans age 12 and older had used alcohol at least once in the 30 days prior to being surveyed:

  • 23.7% had binged (5+ drinks within 2 hours)
  • 6.8% drank heavily (5+ drinks on 5+ occasions)
  • In the 12-17 age range, 14.7% had consumed at least one drink in the 30 days prior to being surveyed, 8.8% had binged; and 2.1% drank heavily.

The NIDA-funded 2010 Monitoring the Future Study showed that:

  • 13.8% of 8th graders, 28.9% of 10th graders, and 41.2% of 12th graders had consumed at least one drink in the 30 days prior to being surveyed
  • 5.0% of 8th graders, 14.7% of 10th graders, and 26.8% of 12th graders had been drunk.
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