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Braindance: Reading Groups of Words at Each Glance

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Gives insight into improving reading speed by learning to read words in groups. There is an excercise to test your speed and suggestions on how to increase it.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Word Parts: Affix Wiz [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
A lesson plan in which students practice reading a list of affixes and then time each other to see how many affixes they can read in one minute. Students repeat to work towards increased speed and accuracy. Materials are included.
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Braindance: Reading More Selectively

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Gives specific advice on the most effective way to gain information through reading, especially necessary because the glut of information has created "an increasing need for the ability to scan." There are suggestions on how to decide...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Pass It On!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Lesson plan where students, seated in a circle, pass a bean bag around while saying a noun that corresponds to their given letter of the alphabet. Students increase speed as they progress. (Note: Book to be read at beginning of lesson is...