Russ Thompson
DEVELOPING GROWTH MINDSETS
For many students, school is a place of negativity and frustration. They are constantly reminded they are not good enough. They endure it...
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Finding Forward Books
Easy-to-Read Novels with Positive Life Lessons for Teens
Russ Thompson
- Jan 6
- 2 min
SUCCESS FOR DYSLEXIC STUDENTS
January 5, 2023. When students with dyslexia try to read, the letters get all mixed up. Sometimes the letters twist and change direction....
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Russ Thompson
- Oct 20, 2022
- 2 min
READING AND HOPE
October 19, 2022. When students have difficulty with reading, they feel frustrated, embarrassed, and scared. As they get older, the...
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Russ Thompson
- Jun 19, 2022
- 2 min
THE POWER OF READING FOR PLEASURE
June 20, 2022. If reading is a job to kids, a chore, they will do it when they have to. But they won't think of reading as something they...
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Russ Thompson
- Jun 6, 2022
- 1 min
SUSTAINED SILENT READING
June 6, 2022. "I know these kids," he said. "I've been teaching here for thirty-five years. I guarantee they will not read." It was my...
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Russ Thompson
- May 30, 2022
- 2 min
THE RIGHT BOOKS
May 30, 2022. It was the first day of summer school. I was teaching a basic skills class for kids who were behind in reading and writing....
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Russ Thompson
- May 23, 2022
- 2 min
NEVER GIVE UP
May 23, 2022. If your teen struggles with reading, it's very possible that you don't know about it. Why? Put yourself in the world of a...
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Russ Thompson
- May 16, 2022
- 2 min
WHAT IS DYSLEXIA?
May 16, 2022. Dyslexia is a visual processing disorder that makes it difficult to identify letters. Sometimes they appear upside down, so...
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Russ Thompson
- May 9, 2022
- 1 min
A HERO LEARNS TO READ
May 9, 2022. Nobody wants students to fall through the cracks and fail in school. But it happens every day. And a big reason why, is...
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