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UFLI: Question-Answer Relationships (QAR)

This video from the University of Florida Literacy Institute (UFLI) shows a teacher guiding her students in finding question-answer relationships.

Struggles with dyslexia

Having dyslexia was another isolating thing in my life.

Shared stories

Juster remembers the Oz books, folk and fairy tales, the Sunday newspaper, and the big Yiddish and Russian novels his parents had at home.

Poetry baggage

Dr. Sylvia Vardell talks about the baggage that teachers may have when it comes to poetry and teaching poetry.

Reaching reluctant readers

Walton Hamilton says that it only takes one really successful, thrilling, joyful, wonderful, losing of one’s self in the magic reading experience to captivate that child’s imagination.

Take Five Activity

Dr. Sylvia Vardell walks through the “Take-Five” activity, a five-minute strategy for reading a short poem together.

Reading aloud to older kids

Mem Fox explains why it’s important to read to children—even the older ones.

Readers and storytellers

Susan Cooper was born into a reading family.

Matt de la Peña: Watching my daughter learn to read

Award-winning author Matt de la Peña talks about watching his daughter learn to read during the COVID-19 pandemic, an experience he would not have had if he had been touring as planned.