Sentences with phrase «leisure reading»

I still prefer physical textbooks — ebooks for leisure reading.

Hope your weekend is filled with lots of leisure reading, cooking, drinking, and relaxing with friends and family!

This will support leisure reading rather than curriculum topics.

I now do most of my (limited) leisure reading on a device.

The type of content that is primarily used for educational purposes and not leisure reading.

For novels and other leisure reading, I like to have music playing in the background.

I might make a go at it for fiction leisure reading but otherwise it's damaged goods.

Aside from oodles of leisure reading time, nothing is gained by being a secret agent.

If our goal is to help students independently and critically read through grade - level literature and content - area texts, then it would behoove us to start with leisure reading, where academic language is less painfully acquired.

In the conservative case, there's a delay in the uptake of e-paper technologies in new markets, in which case, the overall market remains limited to mostly leisure reading, the current main market for e-readers.

The relatively low use of eBook collections (annual use of 1.1 per title) is attributed by library staff to the lack of leisure reading titles available and the confusing access requirements for the different databases.

But these papers were generally thin, news - driven affairs, and the Saturday paper remained Canada's weekend leisure reading.

I don't often get a chance to do much leisure reading, but I must have picked up Jasmin's book at just the right time.

I can hardly help it, coming from a family where cookbooks were considered appropriate leisure reading, where Julia Child joined us regularly during... Continued

I enjoy leisure reading, the last book I read was the Exotic Marigold Hotel.

Another educator cites the decline of leisure reading among teenagers — «readicide» — and then remarks, «Was it the teaching?

Leisure reading immerses students in contextually rich uses of academic vocabulary within the larger contexts of effective and beautiful academic language that is acquired with minimal effort on the part of the reader.

Test organisers said reading standards could be hugely improved if pupils did more leisure reading.

Throughout my education and professional development, I've sat through lectures and webinars on engaging reluctant readers, generally defined as students K - 12 who are uninterested in reading, particularly leisure reading.

It allows you to store thousands of e-book within its miniscule dimensions along with picture and music files so that you have a device on your palm that can make for your complete entertainment as well as leisure reading wherever you go.

I had to purchase an e-reading light to use it at night, my preferred leisure reading time.

The absence of those services on the Kindle — sure, it's also a flaw — actually make it better for focused leisure reading.

Some teachers have been encouraging, too, telling their students that they are allowed to bring e-readers to school for leisure reading during homeroom and English class, for example.

Store the shortcuts in your Backpack and read at your leisure

A study by the National Endowment for the Arts (2007) indicates that the older students get, the less they involve themselves with leisure reading, and there is also a striking parallel in the decline of their reading scores.

I highly recommend French Kids Eat Everything as leisure reading for the health minded but especially if you struggle with making sure your kids are eating a varied and balanced diet.

In celebration of lovers of real books, the «Top Ten» list underscores the love for and staying power of hard copy books for years to come, regardless of technological advancements in available options for leisure reading for pleasure.

However, my reading habits (or lack thereof) changed last year when I acquired an iPad and rediscovered my love of leisure reading.

While we often feel to swamped with work, or too tired for leisure reading, research from the University of Liverpool's Centre for Research into Reading, Literature and Society found that reading made people feel happier and more satisfied with with lives, overall.

When it comes to leisure reading, I am quite susceptible to peer pressure — and for good reason: I know many avid readers with good taste.

Leisure reading: A joint position statement of the International Reading Association, the Canadian Children's Book Centre, and the National Council of Teachers of English.

We can not overstate the powerful effects that leisure reading has on building students» vocabulary.

They read longer; during the peak reading years (grades four through eight) many of them spend many more hours each week reading than their classmates do, and some gifted youngsters continue to be voracious readers into senior high and adulthood, when most people find less time for leisure reading (Whitehead, 1984).

You use it mainly to check mails, do some leisure reading, surf the web and play games.

Leisure reading, might have been better to physically read.

As I learned when I worked for thec children's reading charity Readathon, the multiple benefits of a leisure reading habit are well - documented.

Print books are still important, but e-readers and tablets are now essential parts of my work flow and leisure reading.

They prefer to read print for learning and leisure reading.

Useful for any leisure reading, cookbooks, studies, computer work, craftwork, travelling etc..

It's a great place for quiet research, leisure reading, and serendipitous discovery.

Our collection is designed to meet the leisure reading needs of our community of patrons.

I have a few books on my wishlist, including a few to improve my C programming and web - design skills, as well some leisure reading books, including two books by Chris Stringer «The origin of our species» and «Homo Britannicus...».

For leisure reading I personnally find 6 inch sufficient.