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Help Your Student Succeed In Reading |
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Parents -
Parenting Assistance Articles
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"One way to prepare middle-schoolers for reading is to teach them how to use the library. Parents can arrange to do this at their local public library since so many schools have done away with professional librarians at the schools. (Just ask the librarian or another staff member to show you how; they are usually happy to do it.) Students should know how to find books that they enjoy, and they can independently search for subjects, keywords or authors they have read before. Empowering them to learn to do simple research will help them when it comes to do research in college. Several times I have heard or read from college librarians that students come to the university without research or library skills. Middle school is a great time to start, if they haven't already learned."
Laura Hendrick, a literacy coach in Santa Rosa, CA advises:
"Kids may try to push you away in middle school but they still need you. Be firm; establish accountability measures. I haven't seen a case where a student didn't need parental support in middle school both academically and emotionally."
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 06 July 2008 )
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