Sentences with phrase «build reading ability»

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Ben's ability to convey, in an easy - to - read, engaging, and thought - provoking way, his thoughts, fears, and struggles about raising money, rapidly growing, restructuring, and ultimately selling his company makes this a must - read for any CEO who wants to build and run a great business.

He showcased his ability rather than his experience: he read the company's IPO filings in their entirety, built a website analyzing the company's business model and suggested four ideas for new features.

But keeping these principles in mind as you build your powers of observation will greatly enhance your ability to read others, understand their thinking, and communicate effectively.

The app has built - in abilities to read the stories you want and to sort suggestions via topic.

If you only have the ability to read one investing book here's my favorite — The Coffeehouse Investor: How to Build Wealth, Ignore Wall Street, and Get On with Your Life.

The AFA statement read, in part, «Here at the Academy, we world to build a culture of dignity and respect, and that respect includes the ability of our cadets, Airmen and civilian Airmen to freely practice and exercise their religious preference --- or not.»

Moving the Galician back into a slightly more defensive role, and honing his physicality, tactical nous and reading of the game to the «Vertical football» counter-attacking style Herrera had developed, Luis Suarez developed a keen ability to break up play, build considered counter-attacks and then arrive in attacking positions ready to finish them off.

If he has the ability to read at a young age, he will be able to build up his own internal phonics system.

The to - do list read something like this: close the preferential rent loophole; make rent increases for major capital improvements temporary; reduce the vacancy bonus; limit a building owner's ability to recover a rent - regulated apartment for personal use; and reforming the Rent Guidelines Board.

Kunda chose the direction of her research career after reading Thinking in Pictures by Temple Grandin, an animal science professor who is autistic and has the ability to problem - solve — and even to visualize huge pieces of machinery before they are built — using her exceptional visual thinking skills.

News organizations» abilities to build trust with sources and gather sensitive information have been called into question by recent disclosures about surveillance: the U.S. Department of Justice's admission that it secretly obtained phone records from the Associated Press, Microsoft's admission that it read a blogger's personal Hotmail account to find a source of an internal leak and criminal investigations that have used email traces to identify and prosecute anonymous sources.

If you've read our articles on the importance of optimizing hormonal production for muscle building, you know that insulin is a hormone with a powerful ability to prevent fat breakdown due to its anabolic properties.

Given the new demands levied by the Common Core standards, teammates and ’14 master's degree graduates Taylor Percival, Michelle Skinner, and Jessica Yarmosky are busy with CommonLit, a free online library for middle school teachers to help them easily find news articles, poetry, and other short texts aligned with the Common Core curriculum that help build reading skills across a wide array of abilities.

This bundle combines resources for: Improving handwriting Assessing the gaps in a student's literacy skills so the teacher knows what needs to be improve upon Practical strategies for teachers to differentiate reading material to make it accessible for all pupils - regardless of their ability range A grid outlining explicitly the active literacy skills that are embedded in the content of all subjects in secondary schools A resource for engaging reluctant readers A resource for Parents» Evening to show concerned parents simple techniques that will help them to build their child's spelling skills at home This bundle supports all subjects across the curriculum - including SEN and EAL groups too

In this Spotlight, learn why states and districts are aiming to build ELLs literacy early, how invented spelling can improve reading ability, and how teachers can facilitate effective writing instruction.

In addition to helping educators hone a classroom approach to writing that focuses on more in - depth analysis and metacognition, we help guide them through a unit or a year of instruction: Where do we start, and how do we proceed, to gradually build our students» ability to work through the reading and writing process successfully?

«The general knowledge kids build in those early years is a crucial predictor of not only their later ability to do history and science and work in the disciplines, but their ability to read more complex text, because they gain a vocabulary and a knowledge that enables them to learn more difficult things,» said Coleman.

She is currently building YoungCurrent.com which provides ChildSafe News via aggregation and personalizes the experience by serving content to children based on their individual reading ability.

Every school subject builds the knowledge base that contributes to a child's reading comprehension ability (you need to know some science to make sense of a science text; history to make sense of a history text, etc.).

Indeed, this becomes doubly imperative for precisely those children whose verbal abilities are most in need of bolstering, for it is the very act of reading that can build these capabilities... we often despair of changing our students» abilities, but there is one partially malleable habit that will itself develop abilities — reading!

The Achieve3000 platform provides differentiated content at 12 levels in English and 8 in Spanish with built - in supports tailored to each student in any classroom so every child can participate in grade - level instruction using the same lesson, regardless of their current reading ability.

Close reading of national anthems is a purposeful and meaningful way to build on background knowledge and strengthen your students» ability to analyze a text.

What can you do to build and protect your students» confidence in their reading abilities?

Close reading of national anthems is a purposeful and meaningful way to build background knowledge and strengthen your students» ability to analyze a text.

Research identifies the ability to read, comprehend, and cite complex texts as a foundational skill upon which future college and career success is built.

This volume of reading helps students build important world knowledge and acquire additional vocabulary, both of which are critical for reading comprehension and essential to the ability to read complex text «independently and proficiently».

The Achieve3000 platform provides differentiated content at 12 levels in English and 8 in Spanish with built - in supports tailored to each student so every child can participate in grade - level instruction using the same lesson, regardless of their current reading ability.

Collectively, these cumulative reading experiences build students» stamina and ability to process dense informational texts that don't easily give up their meaning.

Just as Khan Academy and the advent of online video uploads brought a whole new realm of instruction to the internet and classrooms alike, the ability to build, sell, and market something that looks like a textbook but behaves like any other title in the Amazon Kindle store — except for the very obvious difference, you can't read it on a Kindle — renews the coup of self - publishing for a whole new demographic of content creators.

You have at your fingertips the ability to create your very own «live TV» show where you can connect with your readers to build a powerful community of raving fans — people who can't wait to read your books and tell all their friends about them.

This model has a built in front - light, which gives you the ability to read in the dark.

Three years ago, we set out to design and build an entirely new class of device — a convenient, portable reading device with the ability to wirelessly download books, blogs, magazines, and newspapers.

In addition to supporting the new BlackBerry 7 OS, the new BlackBerry Curve smartphones feature a range of powerful hardware enhancements including upgraded processors, displays and memory, and built - in support for NFC (Near Field Communications), a new technology that is enabling many exciting capabilities, including the ability to pair accessories or read SmartPoster tags with a simple tap of the smartphone.

This will be looked back on as the year comiXology got all the pieces of its programs, including our affiliate programs, some of which are making real money, which is exactly the point of this whole thing — building a platform that is buy once, read anywhere, and giving retailers the ability to be involved with that.

According to Stromberg, Oyster plans on competing with its user experience, which it built specifically for mobile reading; its ability to help readers discover new books; and by having the largest library of books users can borrow if they sign up for its $ 9.95 service.

Not too long ago a Forrester survey had predicted a tablet PC from Amazon might be the only one to match Apple's amazing ability to build and sell tablet PCs (read iPad and iPad 2).

The Nook Glowlight is the first e-ink reader in the world to utilize LED lights built into the bezel to give you the ability... [Read more...]

The Nook Glowlight is the first e-ink reader in the world to utilize LED lights built into the bezel to give you the ability to read in the dark.

The Windows Phone 7 Kindle app is the first major eBook reading app for Microsoft's latest mobile platform and it includes new features built into a Kindle app for the first time, such as personalised recommendations integrated within the Kindle app's home screen and the ability to send book recommendations to your chums without even stepping outside the app.

Second, you'll probably enjoy the reading experience more, as e-readers offer adjustable text sizes, the ability to search and bookmark and write notes, a built - in dictionary, text - to - speech, and ultimate portability.

We built in the ability to skin the reading system, create collections and reading lists, and an API to get notes out.

(Their web page also notes the Kindle's storage capacity of over 1,000 books, «making heavy backpacks lighter,» and that each Kindle has a built - in dictionary which «supports real - time vocabulary development, while adjustable fonts and text sizes make each book just right for a child's eyes and reading ability.»)

If a reading system had the built - in ability to filter by epub: type value, an index could be filtered to show only terms with locators that point to figures, in effect generating a List of Figures sorted by topic.

«This is why we built artificially intelligent algorithms that have the ability to analyze reading pattern data and engagement levels.

We'd like to think that there will always be a large market of hardcore readers that want a device dedicated to reading — built without compromises, built without the ability to slice fruit and throw birds, built for people who love to read.

The Bold 9900 is the thinnest BlackBerry smartphone to date featuring the iconic Blackberry keyboard, touch display and built - in support for NFC (Near Field Communications), a new technology that is enabling many new capabilities, including the ability to pair accessories or read SmartPoster tags with a tap of the smartphone.

To the best of their abilities, librarians prevented surveillance of reader behavior within library buildings, and individuals had personal control over their use of library materials and reading behavior.

Reading options include the ability to change the font, font size, line spacing, and margins, while audiobook playback includes features such as narration speed and a built - in sleep timer if you like to listen to books before bed.

Amazon did add some fancy custom features, like the ability to strip ads, photos and other miscellaneous items out of articles — similar to the Reader feature Apple built into Mobile Safari to make reading web articles easier.

Additional reading features for the Fire HD include the ability to add notes, multi-colored highlights and bookmarks, you can share via Goodreads, Facebook and Twitter, there's search, dictionary look - up, Wikipedia reference and built - in support for audiobooks.