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Helping Your Child Learn English

Discover ways to help your child learn English at home and outside the classroom.

60 Seconds to Success

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TO HELPFUL MATERIALS.

Here you’ll find a guide to reading by age, articles on child development, homework help, and activities you can do with your child to promote reading at home.

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iRead Supports All Children

iRead helps children who are learning English with motivating, research-based supports. English language learners at all stages of second-language acquisition will develop foundational reading skills that will help them in every academic subject.

Special Features

  • Vocabulary Development Throughout the Software, images and context sentences are provided for over 1,000 target words.
  • First Language Support in Spanish The Software includes Spanish cognates and translations for all vocabulary words. Success eBooks include Spanish previews, as well as read-alouds that model fluent reading. In addition, activity help for all Software activities is available in Spanish.
  • Pronunciation Support Audio support, including Articulation videos, models correct pronunciation of all of the 44 sounds of English and thousands of words.
  • Multicultural Content Images and text represent many cultures, making the program relevant to students from diverse backgrounds.
  • Fluent Models iRead eBooks include Spanish previews, as well as fluent read-alouds that model accurate expression and allow students to practice what they have just learned.
  • Lots of Practice During computer time, students have opportunities for repeated practice in a safe learning environment. Students work at their own pace with many opportunities to practice reading aloud.

Helpful Links

Children’s Book Council www.cbcbooks.org/hot-off-the-press/ If you’re looking for reading material, check out the Children’s Book Council. Each month, the site updates its “Hot Off the Press” list, an annotated bibliography that features anticipated best sellers.

International Literacy Association (ILA) www.literacyworldwide.org/get-resources ILA is an organization of teachers, librarians, researchers, parents, and others dedicated to promoting high levels of literacy for all.

Reading Rockets www.readingrockets.org/audience/parents/ Reading Rockets provides information and activities about helping your child learn to read.

Colorín Colorado www.colorincolorado.org/families/ Colorín Colorado is a bilingual website that provides information, activities, and advice for educators and Spanish-speaking families of English language learners (ELLs).

Reading Is Fundamental, Inc. (RIF) www.rif.org/literacy-central RIF develops and delivers children and family literacy programs that help prepare young children for reading and motivate school-age children to read. RIF trains literacy providers, parents, and others to prepare all children to become lifelong readers.

RIF: Spanish-language Collection www.rif.org/literacy-central/collections/spanish-language-collection Explore RIF’s collection of Spanish-language resources.

National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) www.loc.gov/nls/ NLS is a free national library program of Braille and recorded materials for blind and physically handicapped children and adults.