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This site created and managed by IVE Focus Text Publishers and Donald E. Werve, Jr., M.Ed.

ASK READING CHAMPS
FAQ = Frequently Asked Questions about reading, teaching reading, and the Reading Champs program plus an interactive Q&A Module.
Coaching Reading Champs = index to professional development materials and more.
Topical Links = list of other Internet sites and off-the-Internet sources.

COACHES
Links to introductions of various elements of the RC Coaching program
Introduction: "No Child Left Behind"?
Steffen's Story: A Child Left Behind
Reading: Still the Great Debate -- (presented in eight sections)
Organizing, Planning, and Teaching (presented in 12 sections)
What are "Word Recognition skills?" (presented in ## sections)
RC Coaching Basics: 9 keys to Creating Reading Champs; How to make this site work for you!; 12 top-notch reading success recipes.
Ready ... Set ... Teach!  Explaining Reading; Teaching Reading; Reading Fundamentals; and How To Get Great Results
Getting Ready to Teach: Instructional Planning is one of the key elements for success
Language Development: Listen and Speak; Read and Write

CSML = Directory of Common Sense Mini Lessons

CSML-001 -- Teaching and Learning Procedures
CSML-002 -- Directed Reading Activities
CSML-003 -- Phonemic Awareness (Teaching Phonics)
CSML-004 -- Directed Reading Activities

CSML-005 -- Teaching and Learning Procedures
CSML-006 -- Directed Reading Activities
CSML-007 -- Phonemic Awareness (Teaching Phonics)
CSML-008 -- Directed Reading Activities
CSML-009 -- Teaching New Sounds and Letters
CSML-010 -- Consonants which sound the same
CSML-011 -- Remaining Single Consonants
CSML-012 -- Consonant Blends
CSML-013 -- Consonant Digraphs
CSML-014 -- Short Vowels
CSML-015 -- Long Vowels
CSML-016 -- Vowel Teams
CSML-017 -- The "Special E"
CSML-018 -- "R-Controlled" Vowels
CSML-019 -- Diphthongs
CSML-020 -- Remaining Special Sounds
CSML-021 -- Structural Analysis: Analyzing Word Parts
CSML-022 -- Word Families
CSML-023 -- Compound Words
CSML-024 -- Prefixes and Suffixes
CSML-025 -- Contractions
CSML-026 -- Syllabication
CSML-027 -- Plurals and Possessives
CSML-028 -- Word Origins
CSML-029 -- Dictionary Usage
CSML-030 -- Multiple Meanings of Words
CSML-031 -- Figurative Language and Idioms
CSML-032 -- Technical Language
CSML-033 -- Spelling Rules
CSML-034 -- Basic English Grammar
CSML-035 -- Word Study: Miscues and Mistakes
CSML-036 -- Corrections and Interventions
CSML-037 -- Informal Reading Inventory (IRI)
CSML-038 -- Building Comprehension
CSML-039 -- Using KWLW and other Advance Organizers
CSML-040 -- Structural Features of Texts
CSML-041 -- Text Preview and Review
CSML-042 -- Predicting and Questioning
CSML-043 -- Selecting Mail Ideas
CSML-044 -- Organizing and Sequencing Ideas
CSML-045 -- Clarifying: Finding Important Details
CSML-046 -- Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions
CSML-047 -- QARs
CSML-048 -- Fluency and Rate Building
CSML-049 -- Responding to Literature: The Writing Connection


FTP = An Index of Focus Text Publications
Handbooks and supplementary materials which support the Reading Champs Programs and other specialized areas of learning

RCLD = Reading Champs Language Development and Literacy
Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing

RST = Ready ... Set ... Teach!
A guide to dynamic lesson planning for championship reading skills.


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