Evidence Based Literacy Instruction

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 Celebrate March is Reading Month
 
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in this issue
50% off coupon
Great reading web sites
What's new with EBLI and OOPRC
Share our 50% off coupon below.  
Our goal is to ensure that everyone learns to read to their highest potential!
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Receive 50% off initial testing and consultation for EBLI reading intervention or Interactive Metronome therapy at Ounce of Prevention Reading Center in Flushing, MI.   Excludes 2 hour ACT Booster sessions.  To redeem, mention coupon code ooprc.   Call to schedule an appointment!  810-732-4810
Offer Expires: Expires 4/1/10 
 
 
Check out reading games and information on these fun-filled web sites
  
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 For preschoolers and early elementary students and teachers
Audio stories for your kids to listen to in the car.  Download
 the app to your phone here for a free 30 day trial.
 FREE interactive digital storybooks
 Find lots of fun stuff at Seussville University
                               Stories, games, and activities from Between the Lions
                               http://pbskids.org/lions/
For students and teachers 3rd-12th grade
The New York Times Learning Network provides news summaries, word of the day,
a news quiz, on this day in history, and more.
Find hundreds of WEIRD words in alphabetical order.  Click on a word for a detailed
explanation of it's meaning, the roots and origin, and lots of fascinating information.
This site would be perfect to use for word-of-the-day activities!
Check out this site for online Diary of a Whimpy Kid books, make your own Mad Libs,
grammer games, idioms, and a whole lot more! (Grades K-8)
Here is a step by step writing workshop for writing and oral history from the Scolastic
web site
 
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There are many new and exciting happenings with EBLI and
Ounce of Prevention Reading Center.
 
     -We're making it easy for you to keep up to date with what's new!
 
              1.   Read about EBLI practitioner of the week Elaine Briggs who developed an      
                   EBLI class in her high school that was the winner of the coveted
                   Michigan's Best award in 2008, get information on how to contact the No Child Left
                   Behind revision committee with your ideas and suggestions, and find out about 
                   great books and sites on reading at our new blog. Click the WordPress logo below to
                   check it out!
                  
                    *Be sure to put your email address in on the right side of the blog page to 
                      receive new posts by email.
              2.   Become an EBLI fan on facebook.
                    
              3.   Find us on Twitter
                    Follow EBLI_Nora on Twitter
 
 
    -Wendy Crick's new book about her experiences with EBLI as a parent and teacher was recently
     published.  Click here to read about From Learning Disabled to Enabled and to order your
     copy.
 
    -Our ACT Booster classes for individuals and groups is taking off like wildfire!  Check out some
     of the feedback from our students:  
   
"I came for 2 hours and increased my score from a 32 to a 35.   I can tell I read better and faster." B.D. Senior, Flushing
 
"I read a lot more words per minute afterwards and I comprehended what I read easier."  
A.C.  Junior, Montrose
 
"My reading score on the ACT improved from a 16 to a 26 after I took this class!  Because of my higher ACT score I got an athletic scholarship at the school I wanted to go to."
 
M.P.  University of Michigan
   
     -Upcoming EBLI trainings at Ounce of Prevention Reading Center
               *3 day EBLI training M-W April 19-21, 2010 and M-W May 10-12, 2010
               *1 day EBLI Refresher/Advanced Course Wednesday, March 31, 2010
               *1 day EBLI training for Secondary Teachers Tuesday, April 13, 2010
      Click here for more information.                
Contact Information
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     G-6015 W. Pierson Rd.    Flushing, MI 49433

810-732-4810
Fax: 810-723-0366 

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