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Children who read for pleasure are likely to perform significantly better in the classroom than their peers who rarely read,
according to a recent report published by the University of London's Institute of Education.
According to a story published by the institute, its research examined the childhood reading practices of 6000 teenagers from
similar social backgrounds, comparing their test results at ages five, 10 and 16 in the areas of vocabulary, spelling and maths.
The researchers concluded that children whose parents regularly read to them performed better in all three tests at age 16.
It was also determined that children who read often at 10, and more than once a week at 16, also scored higher in the same
tests than those who read less often.
Lead researcher Dr Alice Sullivan reported that although vocabulary development was found to be the most affected area, the
impact on spelling and maths was still significant.
"It may seem surprising that reading for pleasure would help to improve children's maths scores, but it is likely that strong
reading ability will enable children to absorb and understand new information and affect their attainment in all subjects," Dr
Sullivan said in the institute's report.
Jo Padgham, a school principal in the ACT and national vicepresident of the Australian Literacy Educators' Association, says
students who read a lot become learners who are risktakers – who will have a go at learning. "Those who find reading easier
at whatever age will read more and thus increase their vocabulary," she says. "Increased vocabulary is closely related to
comprehension as children move through school."
The study also concluded that reading for pleasure was a more important factor in children's cognitive development between
the ages of 10 and 16 than their parents' level of education.
"The combined effect on children's progress of reading books often, going to the library regularly and reading newspapers at
16, was four times greater than the advantage children gained from having a parent with a degree," Ms Padgham says.
Children who read often for pleasure are exposed to more complex language structures and vocabulary than they are exposed
to in oral situations alone, she says. "This building of a rich language and vocabulary from books from an early age is crucial
to reading development," she says.
Teacher librarian Olivia Neilson has noted that young children appear to have a natural enthusiasm for reading and borrowing
books. "As students move up the grades and become more independent readers, they usually voraciously devour whatever
they can get their hands on, as they enjoy the feeling of reading to themselves."
Encouragement is crucial, however, particularly for reluctant readers. Ms Neilson says reading aloud from a variety of authors
and genres, and offering children a range of reading materials including magazines and graphic novels, is critical in helping to
meet their reading interests.
She explains that to support children in finding the success and positive selfesteem that reading can set them up for, we need
to live what we teach.
"As parents, teachers and the whole community, we have a job to demonstrate to young people that reading has value for
them personally. Lectures and speeches about that won't do it for them, but modelling slow reading of great books and
articles will."
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Improves social skills
• http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/i‐know‐how‐youre‐feeling‐i‐read‐chekhov/?smid=tw‐share&_r=0
October 3, 2013, 2:15 pm
For Better Social Skills, Scientists Recommend a Little Chekhov
By PAM BELLUCK
Say you are getting ready for a blind date or a job interview. What should you do? Besides shower
and shave, of course, it turns out you should read — but not just anything. Something by Chekhov or
Alice Munro will help you navigate new social territory better than a potboiler by Danielle Steel.
That is the conclusion of a study published Thursday in the journal Science. It found that after
reading literary fiction, as opposed to popular fiction or serious nonfiction, people performed better
on tests measuring empathy, social perception and emotional intelligence — skills that come in
especially handy when you are trying to read someone’s body language or gauge what they might be
thinking.
The researchers say the reason is that literary fiction often leaves more to the imagination,
encouraging readers to make inferences about characters and be sensitive to emotional nuance and
complexity.
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Real Reading
Authentic Reading
Independent Reading
Why is the goal of reading instruction
disconnected from reading in the rest
of a student's life?
Terms coined by educators:
In our reading classes is there room for reading?
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What is Good Night Moon?
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Why You Should Read Children’s
Books As an Adult
By Jen Robinson
• It’s fun.
• It keeps your imagination active.
• It strengthens your relationship with the children in your life who read.
• It sets an example for the children in your life, making them more likely to
become readers.
• It clues you in on cultural references that you may have missed (both current and
classical).
• It’s fast. Children’s books are usually shorter than adult books, so if you don’t
think you have time to read, you DO have time to read children’s books.
• It allows you to read across genres. Children’s books aren’t limited to mystery OR
science fiction OR fancy OR literary fiction. They can have it all.
• It’s like time travel—it’s an easy way to remember the child you once were, when
you first read a book.
• It’s often inspirational—reading about heroes and bravery and loyalty makes you
want to be a better person. And couldn’t we all do with some of that?
• Did I mention it’s fun?
Source: Jen Robinson’s Book Page, 2005 (The Book Whisperer by Donalin Miller, p. 114)
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What is Where The Wild Things Are?
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What is I'll Love You Forever?
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What are Bone Books
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What is Amelia Bedelia?
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What is Good Families Don't
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"In my younger and more vulnerable years my father
gave me some advice that I've been turning over in
my mind ever since."
A. "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby," by Charles Dickens
B. "The Great Gatsby," by F. Scott Fitzgerald
C. "Our Town," by Thornton Wilder
D. "To Kill a Mockingbird," by Harper Lee
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"It was a bright cold day in
April, and the clocks were
striking thirteen."
A. "1984," by George Orwell
B. "Fahrenheit 451," by Ray Bradbury
C. "Battlefield Earth," by L. Ron Hubbard
D. "Catch22," by Joseph Heller
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"Once on a dark winter's day, when the
yellow fog hung so thick and heavy in the
streets of London that the lamps were
lighted and the shop windows blazed with
gas as they do at night, an oddlooking
little girl sat in a cab with her father and
was driven rather slowly through the big
thoroughfares."
A. "Anne of Green Gables," by Lucy Maud Montgomery
B. "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm," by Rebecca Rowena Randall
C. "A Little Princess," by Francis Hodgson Burnett
D. "Eight Cousins," by Louisa May Alcott
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October 23, 2013
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"It was seven o'clock of a very warm evening in the Seeonee hills when Father
Wolf woke up from his day's rest, scratched himself, yawned, and spread out his
paws one after the other to get rid of the sleepy feeling in their tips."
A. "The Jungle Book," by Rudyard Kipling
B. "The Call of the Wild," by Jack London
C. "Watership Down," by Richard Adams
D. "Animal Farm," by George Orwell
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"Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the
rug.
A. "Jo's Boys," by Louisa May Alcott
B. "Mansfield Park," by Jane Austen
C. "Anne of Avonlea," by Lucy Maud Montgomery
D. "Little Women," by Louisa May Alcott
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