Have your child paste their essay in www.Wordle.net. The overused words in the essay will be the largest in the Wordle design. Have your child use a thesaurus to find multi-syllabic words to replace the overused words. Multi-syllabic words increase the reading level (grade level) of a student essay. [...]
The techniques and strategies we use in grade school classes can be put to use anywhere learning takes place, including higher education and on-the-job training.
Strategies for Setting Up a Positive Homework Environment Provide a comfortable place in which to work without distractions If possible, use full-spectrum lighting Calm the homework beast with music at 60 beats/minute or less Helps with attention issues and sensory processing Supports organized body [...]
Donalyn Miller stresses the importance of reading at home by sending a plaintive e-mail to her students' parents.
When I consider how often we have students search the web for information, I wonder how many times struggling readers look at a page of search results and feel like they are reading a foreign language. Would students work better with visual searches or might they be distracting? Here are some that I've experimented with recently. I hope that you not only find them useful, I hope that you find them fun!