Self-teaching hypothesis
Semantics (word meanings)
Sentences: building meaning across; causal connections between; comprehension by capturing big ideas from the; comprehension dependence on ability to assign syntactic roles to; connecting meaning in; punctuation of; relevant background knowledge to understand; visual representation of a. See also Text
Seymour, P.H.K.
Shakespeare, William
The Shallows (Carr)
Shared reading
Shared writing
Short, J.
Singing songs games
Situation model: background knowledge used to create the; Carol Harris/Helen Keller example of; description and purpose of; role of memory in creating a nonverbal
Social networking: diversity of activities related to; Facebook; resources for teen readers; teenager’s time spent; Twitter; Wattpad and Inkpop websites. See also Digital technologies; Teenagers
Social reading connections
Socializing leisure time
Speech sounds: child mirroring the type of talk they hear; helping your child hear; learning letter-to-sound mappings; learning to hear speech sounds of letters; mapping written visual symbols and auditory counterparts of; as one of the two reading pathways; testing ability to hear individual; visual representation of a sentence; written visual symbols that signify. See also Phonology (word sounds)
Spelling: fluency of word; learning how to read via; other reasons for importance of; two reading pathways to meaning and role of; why it matters to the process of reading
Spoonerisms game
Sports Illustrated Kids (magazine)
Sports playing time
Start now principle
Stone Soup (magazine)
Stories: birthday cake urban myth; structure and maps of; Wattpad and Inkpop websites to post original
“Suggestions for Further Reading”
Summarization
Synonym game
Syntac: meaning determined by; syntactic sentence roles
T
A Tale of Two Cities
Teachers: danger of praising performance; focusing on learning instead of failure; getting help to encourage your child’s reading from; impact on reading attitudes by; importance of providing students with feedback; modeling of prosody by; monitoring child’s reading comprehension by; noticing failed comprehension of complex texts; posing questions about text for student comprehension; promoting classroom pleasure reading
Teenagers: avoid pressuring them to read; how parents unconsciously encourage reading by; keeping it simple summary to encourage pleasure reading by; limited number of activities on computers by; make it easy for them to access books; reading and social connections of; reluctant older readers among; shattering reading misconceptions held by; wishes versus reality in leisure time of. See also Children; Social networking
Television viewing: average daily word consumption from; effect on children by; how it affects reading rates; keeping screen time under control; wishes versus reality in teenagers’ leisure time. See also Media exposure
Tender Is the Night (Fitzgerald)
Text: letter-to-sound mappings in; punctuation of; reading complex. See also Sentences
TheOnion.com
Third-grade classrooms: developing fluency focus in; time spent in classrooms on different subjects; working with more complex texts in. See also Classrooms; Kindergarten through second-grade classrooms
Thrasher, C.
Time for Kids (magazine)
Toddlers: developing reader self-concept in; getting them to read; learning letter-to-sound mappings; read-alouds tips for; when to begin reading instruction to. See also Children
Tree octopus screenshot (Northwest Tree Octopus website)
The True Way to Learning Any Language Dead or Alive (Adam)
20th Century Time Travel (card game)
Twitter: description of; Twitter bios as statements of self-concept
U
University of California, San Diego
University of Connecticut
Utilitarian reading perspective
V
Valigursky, S.
Van Vechten, C.
Verbal skill experiment
Video games: keeping screen time under control; wishes versus reality in teenagers’ leisure time spent on
Visual symbols: alphabet letters as; learning letter-to-sound mappings of letter
Vocabulary: comprehension dependence on; developmentally appropriate; picture books read out loud for building; relationship between comprehension and; research on infants’ brain response to meaningful word; strategies for building; studies on readers’ tolerance of unfamiliar
Vocabulary games
W
War and Remembrance (Wouk)
Wattpad website
Western narrative genre
Whole-word reading instruction: examining the theories of phonics and; how it impacts reading motivation and attitudes; origins and description of; substantial disadvantage compared to phonics
Williams, M.
Willingham, D.
“Window” (Sandburg)
Winds of War (Wouk)
Winfrey, Oprah
Winnie-the-Pooh
Wolf, M.
Word games: alliteration; Apples and Bananas; classic nursery rhymes; compound words; month and name; The Name Game; singing songs games; spoonerisms
“Word graveyard” poster
Wordplay: description and benefits of; word game examples to use as
World globes
World War II
Wouk, H.
Wright, R.
Writing: example of the practical value of; interactive; modeled; practical literacy activities to do with your child; shared
Written visual symbols: description and recognition of; mapping between auditory sounds of
Y
Your Big Backyard (magazine)
YouTube videos
Z
Zeus on the Loose (board game)
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