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How to Make Handwriting Part of Early Literacy Instruction
By Shawn Datchuk, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, University of Iowa College of Education
This white paper explains how handwriting assessments can be used to analyze a student’s handwriting and then offers instructional techniques to improve the handwriting of elementary-aged students.
How to Make Handwriting Part of Early Literacy Instruction
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Strong Girls Read Strong Books
By Renita Schmidt, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor (retired), University of Iowa College of Education
Amanda Haertling Thein, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor, University of Iowa College of Education
The authors explain how they go about selecting texts for their afterschool reading club that helps girls grow into strong women through reading books featuring strong female protagonists. They also highlight key practices they have found useful in reading and responding to those texts.
Strong Girls Read Strong Books
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The Power of Interactive Read Alouds
By Gwen Marra, Ed.D.
Through read alouds that utilize dialogic reading, children can develop their use of new vocabulary in a meaningful way, make connections between new and previously-learned information, and learn literary elements like character, point of view, and plot.