literacy

Provides advice for teen volunteers who would like to work to expand education and literacy, discussing the possible duties and requirements of such jobs, considering the pros and cons of the work, and including a listing of where to find opportunities in the field.

A little boy is frightened by the prospect of what his life would be like if he were not able to read.

Four-year-old Sam's appearance as a zookeeper at his nursery school's Future Job Day leads him to a number of exciting activities and discoveries, including reading.

Ruby wants to be a teacher, but after her father's death in a logging accident she must quit school to care for her ten brothers and sisters, until a chance meeting with a lonely old blind woman transforms her life.

Describes free voluntary reading (FVR), presenting evidence that it is the most effective tool for increasing linguistic ability, and discusses such topics as access to reading material at home, library funding, the impact of poverty, and the effectiveness of reading comic books, teen romances, and magazines.

In 1800, shortly before his twelfth birthday, Richard is sent to live with his uncle on a farm in upper New York State, where he teaches a young slave to read and encourages her to dream of freedom.

Eleven-year-old Joseph deeply wishes that his mother could learn how to read, since her inability to read directions or street signs has complicated their life considerably.

Discusses the changing nature of information in the twenty-first century, calls for a redefinition of literacy to meet the needs of students in the age of technology, and suggests strategies for reaching that goal.

Provides thirty-five teaching strategies to help kindergarten through twelfth-grade students learn to think critically about what they read, separated into five main categories, and including reproducible worksheets for the activities described for each strategy.

Describes the work of Kizzy, a Reading Education Assistance Dog (R.E.A.D.) in New York, as he visits children and adults practicing their reading and speaking skills. Presented in simple text with illustrations.