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		<title>HOW A SKUNK CHANGED NICK’S LIFE</title>
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		<dc:creator>Vera Goodman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nick&#8217;s Rain Forest Collage It all started when a skunk set up house under my step. He didn’t bother me but I was worried that he might not like one of my visitors. I called Japco, a reputable pest control &#8230; <a href="http://readingwings.com/how-a-skunk-changed-nicks-life/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>15 MINUTES FOR 15 DAYS TO READING SUCCESS</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 16:44:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vera Goodman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the slogan under which we are advertising SIMPLY READ! our online reading course. I think I had better explain it. I am confident that when anyone learns The Making Sense Approach and uses it to practice with learners &#8230; <a href="http://readingwings.com/15-minutes-for-15-days-to-reading-success/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>GETTING LOST IN THE SYSTEM Guest blog by Gabriole Wilson</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vera Goodman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I watched my stepson get left behind his peers because of a diagnosed learning disability. The school coded him in elementary school and provided extra help to complete his assignments. This tapered off as he progressed through the system, finally &#8230; <a href="http://readingwings.com/getting-lost-in-the-system-guest-blog-by-gabriole-wilson/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>THE ROLE OF PHONICS IN READING</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 17:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vera Goodman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Take care of the sense and the sounds will take care of themselves.” Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland Phonics, the sounds of the letters and their combinations, is an important component in learning to read, and schools are doing a &#8230; <a href="http://readingwings.com/the-role-of-phonics-in-reading/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>SMALL WORDS FOR SMALL PEOPLE?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vera Goodman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Once poor readers are thought to be poor, even the best teachers may expect too little rather than too much.” Awakening to Literacy Margaret Meek Beginners are given difficult text to read – small words chosen to fit small people! &#8230; <a href="http://readingwings.com/small-words-for-small-people/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>ADOLESCENTS WHO DON&#8217;T GO SWIMMING . . .</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vera Goodman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adolescents who don’t go swimming won’t become good swimmers. Just as swimming is learned by swimming, reading is learned by reading. I will never be a good swimmer. I can’t swim well so I don’t enjoy it and rarely go &#8230; <a href="http://readingwings.com/adolescents-who-dont-go-swimming/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>PRACTICING READING IS HARMFUL IF . . .</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 23:48:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vera Goodman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the years since I retired from teaching, a heavy expectation has been placed on parents. They are required to practice reading for twenty minutes a day with their child. In some cases, they need to sign a statement to &#8230; <a href="http://readingwings.com/practicing-reading-is-harmful-if/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reading and Relationships &#8211; They wouldn&#8217;t come in . . .</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vera Goodman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They wouldn’t come into my house.  Two eight-year-old boys, identical twins, stood defiantly outside my door until their parents forced them to come in. There they stood, just inside the door with their backs against the wall.  They were unwilling &#8230; <a href="http://readingwings.com/reading-and-relationships-they-wouldnt-come-in/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>If It&#8217;s Someone You Love&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vera Goodman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I rarely talk about statistics in my writing because they vary so widely and, if the one who struggles to read well is someone you love, statistics don’t matter.   However, as I start this series of blogs, I want to &#8230; <a href="http://readingwings.com/if-its-someone-you-love/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Vera&#8217;s literacy seminars were professional, witty and demonstrated her mastery of the subject leaving us spell-bound and thirsty for more. She was indeed a breath of fresh air.&#8221; Bernadine Louis Ministry of Education The British Virgin Islands]]></description>
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