How families, community members can help students read
Reading in silly voices, getting a young student to write a grocery list and hunting for sticky notes.
Those are some ways to help Salem-area students learn to love reading, according to a panel of professionals, who shared ways to address record-low student reading scores at a Thursday, Feb. 5, town hall hosted by Salem Reporter at the Elsinore Theatre.
The panel included Salem-Keizer School District Superintendent Andrea Castañeda, Oregon director of the Center for…
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In the community resources part of the story I would have loved to see a mention and a map link about the Little Free Libraries scattered around town. I personally mentor two, one in my front yard and another in front of Salem Friends Meeting House. Both have 1 shelf devoted to children’s books. I try to have something for all ages all the time. Obviously contributions from the community are needed and welcomed.
I’d really like to see a library branch opened in NE Salem. We voted for bonds and funding for the library and it would be great to get a branch east of Lancaster Rd. We’re Salem residents and 25 minutes away from the library up here.
Yes, so important to have branch libraries nearby.
I watched the self-promotion of the educators. No where was the vision therapists who work with eye tracking, lazy eyes, dyslexia, and a host of eye issues that are hard to catch and help frustrate early readers. The science and therapies were covered over. The eye damage caused by screen time – blue light addicts.
I am the parent of a child who did not learn how to read until age 11. Countless hours of tutoring, book clubs, and Junior Great Books groups. I surrounded her with books. Her father stuck her in front of videos that were easy for her. Until I took her to vision therapy, nothing worked. The exercises solved many problems. I have watched so many reading programs in school districts change every 3 years. Until schools deal with strengthening the eyes and eliminate electronics, this reading deficit will be the rule. Play marbles, develop hand-eye coordination, use games, and get rid of the flat screen world. English is difficult to learn because spelling is so unregulated. There, their, and they’re are words that have different meanings but the same sounds.