Reading Rockets offers a wealth of reading strategies, lessons, and activities designed to help young children learn how to read and read better. Our reading resources assist parents, teachers, and other educators in helping struggling readers build fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension skills.

Blog posts tagged with "Background knowledge"

Mar 26, 2013 -- Preparing for a big family trip
Oct 10, 2012 -- Vocabulary, worth talking about
Feb 17, 2012 -- Why getting out matters
Nov 28, 2011 -- How important is it to match a reader to a text?
Oct 28, 2011 -- Let's leave the fun in learning
Apr 26, 2010 -- Baseball and its lessons
May 29, 2009 -- A day with art and artists
May 1, 2009 -- Listen to the wind! One person can change the world
Apr 23, 2009 -- Earth Day
Feb 26, 2009 -- You'll love 'First Lines'

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