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Our pick this week is a book that's perfect for kids ages 7 and up!
Once we had children, the weight of the beach bag increased. More towels, more sunblock and more books joined the pails and ...
Our pick this week is a book that's perfect for kids ages 3 to 7!
Research shows that asking students to monitor and correct their own understanding of text as they read can boost their ...
Test a group of eighth graders who speak English at home. Is their Reading Comprehension better than non-English speakers?
A Summer Reading List for America’s 250th Anniversary. On July 4, 2026, America will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the ...
What Kids Are Reading report from Renaissance, published today, reveals how children’s reading habits are evolving across the UK and Ireland.
Psychologist Andrew Stock shares the science behind short cuts – intuitive thoughts and instinctive feelings that our brains ...
That’s a topic of hot debate among reading researchers. One camp has been arguing that schools have been going about it all wrong. These critics say that instead of drilling students on the main idea ...
Since then, reading researchers have come up with many ideas to foster comprehension. Educators continue to debate how much to emphasize some ideas over others. Although the research on reading ...
Every week, Talking Points gives you a worksheet to practise your reading comprehension with exercises about the story we’ve written. Whenever Maple Lam visits her childhood home in Sha Tin, she ...
The non-fiction comprehension worksheets feature texts with strong links to the national curriculum. This means you can develop reading skills during foundation subject time and support pupils’ ...