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		<title>Balanced Literacy Instruction:  A Truce For The Reading War?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:43:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unless you’re an elementary teacher, balanced literacy instruction may be a new concept to you.  What is it, anyway?  What happened to phonics?  What about whole language?  Which is better?  Why does the pendulum continue to swing from one method to another? And why can Johnny still not read? Welcome to the reading war.  These [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guided Reading – A Snapshot</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Mrs. Martin&#8217;s classroom, five students are seated around a table. Mrs. Martin is seated with them. She appears to be simply watching them read a story. But there’s a powerful strategy at work here.  It’s called guided reading. Guided Reading is Part of a Balanced Literacy Approach Guided reading is one component of a [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:28:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Shared Reading – A Critical Component of Balanced Literacy Instruction</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In kindergarten and first grade, shared reading is the anchor of a Balanced Literacy program.  But what exactly is it?  What does shared reading look like? Here’s an illustration… In Ms. Avery’s classroom, kindergarten students are sitting on a colorful rug waiting for the “show” to begin.  It’s shared reading time, one of their favorite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Word Study Makes Language Learning Fun</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pam Marshall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many students find word study to be one of the most enjoyable components of balanced literacy instruction.  Teachers find it to be one of the most powerful.  That’s because reading ability dramatically improves as students use meaningful games and activities to discover: Letters and the sounds they make How to pick out root words, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Read Aloud Component of Balanced Literacy Instruction</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pam Marshall</dc:creator>
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