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Parent Packet for Summer Reading Together!

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Parent Packet for Summer Reading Together!

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Interested in Learning Ally? Learn more in this video!

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Interested in Learning Ally? Learn more in this video!

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The Audiobook Solution Student Experience

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Learning Ally | Summer Reading Program - Reading Competition

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Summer learning loss is real. Research shows that an average of six weeks in the fall are spent relearning material that was forgotten during the summer. You can eliminate summer learning loss by signing your kids up for Summer Reading Together.

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K-5~B.E.S.T. Standards Recommended Titles Available in Learning Ally

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K-5~B.E.S.T. Standards Recommended Titles Available in Learning Ally

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Learning Ally FL B.E.S.T. Standards Available Titles K-5

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Learning Ally's New Supplemental Reading Program for Pre-K~2nd Grades

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Learning Ally's New Supplemental Reading Program for Pre-K~2nd Grades

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Literacy Leaders Know the Power Of A Book! New Podcast Alert!  Share on Twitter @learning_ally with #LearningAllyEdTalk!

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Literacy Leaders Know the Power Of A Book! New Podcast Alert!  Share on Twitter @learning_ally with #LearningAllyEdTalk!

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Literacy Leaders Know The Power Of A Book  by "Literacy Leadership" The Learning Ally Podcast with Dr. Terrie Noland, CALP

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Literacy Leaders Know The Power Of A Book by "Literacy Leadership" The Learning Ally Podcast with Dr. Terrie Noland, CALP

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Have you ever been emotionally changed by a book? A single book that could reach your insides when the world only sees your outsides? This podcast will motivate you to understand the power of a single book and why it's so important to find that book for EVERY child.

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2021-2022 Sunshine State Young Readers Award titles (more on the way!)

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2021-2022 Sunshine State Young Readers Award titles (more on the way!)

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21-22 SSYRA titles Available in Learning Ally

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Educator: Log in to ClassLink LaunchPad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-7SGHmKR3w

Student: Log in to ClassLink LaunchPad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60_48QDmo0E

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Educator: Log in Through the ClassLink LaunchPad

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MORT ES Success Story and Video Testimonial!

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Learning Ally MORT ES Case Study Hillsborough Co 12.2021

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Educator: Log in Through the Clever Portal

https://youtu.be/_KNU20dQMWc

Student: Log in Through the Clever Portal

https://youtu.be/UTMF4xnFooE

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Grades 6-8~B.E.S.T. Standards Recommended Titles Available in Learning Ally

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Grades 6-8~B.E.S.T. Standards Recommended Titles Available in Learning Ally

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Learning Ally FL B.E.S.T. Standards Available Titles Grades 6-8

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Advanced Benchmark titles available in Learning Ally

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Advanced Benchmark titles available in Learning Ally

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Advanced Benchmark available titles in Learning Ally 11.2021

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Inspiring Struggling Readers at Mort Elementary School

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Learning Ally Audiobook Solution in Class: Middle and High Schools

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Learning Ally Audiobook Solution In Class: Elementary

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If you don't have time to sit and read a physical book, is listening to the audio version considered cheating? To some hardcore book nerds, it could be. But new evidence suggests that, to our brains, reading and hearing a story might not be so different.

In a study published in the Journal of Neuroscience , researchers from the Gallant Lab at UC Berkeley scanned the brains of nine participants while they read and listened to a series of tales from "The Moth Radio Hour." After analyzing how each word was processed in the the brain's cortex, they created maps of the participants' brains, noting the different areas helped interpret the meaning of each word.

They mapped out the results in an interactive diagram, which is due to be published on the Gallant Lab website this week.

Looking at the brain scans and data analysis, the researchers saw that the stories stimulated the same cognitive and emotional areas, regardless of their medium. It's adding to our understanding of how our brains give semantic meaning to the squiggly letters and bursts of sound that make up our communication.

This is Your Brain on Words

In 2016, researchers at the Gallant Lab published their first interactive map of a person's brain after they listened to two hours of stories from "The Moth." It's a vibrant, rainbow-hued diagram of a brain divided into about 60,000 parts, called voxels.

Coding and analyzing the data in each voxel helped researchers visualize which regions of the brain process certain kinds of words. One section responded to terms like "father," "refused," and "remarried" - social words that describe dramatic events, people or time.

But the most recent study, which compared brains when they were listening and reading, showed that words tend to activate the same brain regions with the same intensity, regardless of input.

It was a finding that surprised Fatma Deniz, a postdoctoral researcher at the Gallant Lab and lead author of the study. The subject's brains were creating meaning from the words in the same way, regardless if they were listening or reading. In fact, the brain maps for both auditory and visual input they created from the data looked nearly identical.

Their work is part of a broader effort to understand which regions of our brains help give meaning to certain types of words.

More Work Ahead

Deniz wants to take the experiment even further by testing on a broader range of subjects. She wants to include participants who don't speak English, speak multiple languages or have auditory processing disorders or dyslexia. Finding out exactly how the brain makes meaning from words could fuel experiments for years.

"This can go forever ... it's an awesome question," she says. "It would be amazing to understand all aspects of it. And that would be the end goal."

For now, Deniz says the results of this study could make a case for people who struggle with reading or listening to have access to stories in different formats. Kids who grow up with dyslexia, for example, might benefit from audiobooks that are readily available in the classroom.

And if listening to audiobooks is your preferred method of storytelling, you might not be cheating at all. In fact, it seems you're not losing anything by downloading books on your phone - you're just being a smart reader, er, listener.

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Audiobooks or Reading? To Our Brains, It Doesn't Matter

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If you don't have time to sit and read a physical book, is listening to the audio version considered cheating? To some hardcore book nerds, it could be. But new evidence suggests that, to our brains, reading and hearing a story might not be so different.

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Interested in SSO/Rostering Integration? Visit the link below to see what Learning Ally offers. ***This is set up between a District IT Team and Learning Ally's IT Team.***

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Interested in SSO/Rostering Integration? Visit the link below to see what Learning Ally offers. ***This is set up between a District IT Team and Learning Ally's IT Team.***

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https://portal.learningally.org/Help/Integrations-Overview

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Literacy Leaders Use Audiobooks (And Bust the Myths Around Them)

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Literacy Leaders Use Audiobooks (And Bust the Myths Around Them)

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Literacy Leaders Use Audiobooks (And Bust the Myths Around Them) by “Literacy Leadership” The Learning Ally Podcast with Dr. Terrie Noland, CALP

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For 15 years I’ve heard the same myths about audiobooks. I’ve heard the reasons why not to use them. Why it’s cheating. Why they don’t work. Today, I decided that my 15 years of telling and sharing and educating over and over again should be pulled together in this podcast. This is what I’ve lea…

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Click link below for steps to log in using Clever

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https://portal.learningally.org/Help/Clever

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Click link below for steps to log in using ClassLink (Option 1 is Recommended)

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Click link below for steps to log in using ClassLink (Option 1 is Recommended)

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https://portal.learningally.org/Help/Classlink-Educator-Login

ClassLink Student Login
https://portal.learningally.org/Help/Classlink-Student-Login

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Educators have three different options to access the Learning Ally Audiobook Solution! You can choose the best option to access the Learning Ally Audiobook Solution based on your needs and the way that you usually access your classroom apps!
Option 1 - Through the ClassLink LaunchPad Option 2 - Through the Learning Ally Homepage Option 3 - Through the Learning Ally Audiobook App
Logging in through ClassLink
Direct access to:

The Learning Ally educator portal dashboard

Add My Students to your educator portal dashboard

Assign audiobooks to students

Monitor student reading progress and/or educator data

Manage Audiobooks - the books you've assigned

Educator resources

Direct access to:

The Learning Ally educator portal dashboard

Add My Students to your educator portal dashboard

Assign audiobooks to students

Monitor student reading progress and/or educator data

Manage Audiobooks - the books you've assigned

Educator resources

1. Visit the Learning Ally login page.

2. Select Login through your school or district.

3. Type your district name or city. Select your school or district. Select Continue.

4. On the standard ClassLink login page search for and select your school or district.

5. On your school or district ClassLink login page, enter your ClassLink login credentials or login via your Single Sign On (SSO) provider.

6. Arrive on the Learning Ally educator portal dashboard.

You've arrived! You can now manage students, assign audiobooks, and monitor student reading progress. Direct access to:

Download and listen to the audiobooks that you have assigned

1. Open the Learning Ally Audiobook App

2. Select Login through your school or district.

3. Type your district name or city. Select your school or district. Select Log in.

4. On the standard ClassLink login page search for and select your school or district.

5. On your school or district ClassLink login page, enter your ClassLink login credentials or login via your Single Sign On (SSO) provider.

6. Arrive on your Learning Ally bookshelf.

You've arrived! You can now download and listen to the audiobooks that you have assigned.
We're here to help!

If you have questions about the Learning Ally Audiobook Solution, please contact our Customer Care team at 800-221-4792 or CustomerCare@LearningAlly.org.

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Educators have three different options to access the Learning Ally Audiobook Solution! You can choose the best option to access the Learning Ally Audiobook Solution based on your needs and the way that you usually access your classroom apps!

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Check out the 2021-2022 Bookshelf Updates!

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Check out the 2021-2022 Bookshelf Updates!

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Do you need to enroll your school?  Visit this website, https://learningally.org/Solutions-for-School/school-grants/Florida, then scroll down to click Enroll Today.

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4-page Learning Ally Eligibility Guide (11.2020)

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4-page Learning Ally Eligibility Guide (11.2020)

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Determine which students receive access.

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Learn more about your FL Learning Ally Community!

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Learn more about your FL Learning Ally Community!

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We are a community of Educators dedicated to literacy leadership. Our mission is simple: to smash the literacy gap by applying the Science of Reading to all grades and stages of a student's reading journey to drive successful outcomes for ALL students.

We know that in order to meet the needs of the whole child, we must also meet the needs of the whole Educator.

When Educators are empowered, students succeed.

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We are growing a community of educators dedicated to literacy leadership. Our mission is simple: to smash the literacy gap by applying the Science of Reading to all grades and all stages of a student's reading journey, effectively influencing up, down, and sideways to drive the best outcomes for all.

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Login now to access the Learning Ally Audiobook Solution and our library of 80,000+ human-read audiobooks!

Not a member?

Register today!

Volunteer? If you are a registered volunteer trainee, please use these sites:

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Login now to access the Learning Ally Audiobook Solution and our library of 80,000+ human-read audiobooks! Not a member? Register today! Volunteer? If you are a registered volunteer trainee, please use these sites:

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Interested in deepening your teaching strategies when using audiobooks?

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Interested in deepening your teaching strategies when using audiobooks?

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Click the image below to review paid offerings from Learning Ally

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Learning Ally Professional Learning Services are designed to help teachers unlock the potential of students with reading deficits by maximizing the effectiveness of our proven audio book solution.

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...know which role to give an educator in the Ed Portal?

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...know which role to give an educator in the Ed Portal?

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A District Admin has access to all or selected schools, and a School Admin has access to a single school.

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...add new teachers to Learning Ally? (Don't forget Gen Ed!)

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...add new teachers to Learning Ally? (Don't forget Gen Ed!)

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...provide student eligibility access for existing students?

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...provide student eligibility access for existing students?

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Providing Student Eligibility in the Educator Portal

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...assign books to students? *Tip* Make sure you've created your Dashboard of students you work with directly.

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...assign books to students? *Tip* Make sure you've created your Dashboard of students you work with directly.

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Use our new web-based Reading App!  First, 0pen your browser and then open a new tab. Type in read.learningally.org. Teachers and students log in with their User Name and Password.                  Click the image and bookmark this link!

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...use the Dictionary in the Reading App?

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...use the Dictionary in the Reading App?

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Get in touch with Kelly Bovard at kbovard@learningally.org

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Get in touch with Kelly Bovard at kbovard@learningally.org

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Review how Clever or ClassLink works with your district and Learning Ally.                            CLEVER: https://portal.learningally.org/Help/Clever-Integration
CLASSLINK: https://portal.learningally.org/Help/Classlink

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Why join FL Educators dedicated to Literacy Leadership? 

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Why join FL Educators dedicated to Literacy Leadership? 

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Read this to learn why joining the FL Community is for you!

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Click the link, click Groups, click Florida (green banner)

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Click the link, click Groups, click Florida (green banner)

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Audiobooks benefit Struggling Readers--click below to see how!

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Sunshine State Young Readers Award books

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Sunshine State Young Readers Award books

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Available titles 2016-2020

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Whole class or small group activity

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As you scroll to the right, and then down each column, I hope you find beneficial resources that support using Learning Ally in your district and school. 

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As you scroll to the right, and then down each column, I hope you find beneficial resources that support using Learning Ally in your district and school. 

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Is there something you want to see included on this Padlet? Let me know!  kbovard@learningally.org

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Bryanna's Poetic Journey Through Dyslexia

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A Mother Shares Her Dyslexic Daughter's Turnaround

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Grades 9-12~B.E.S.T. Standards Recommended Titles Available in Learning Ally

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Grades 9-12~B.E.S.T. Standards Recommended Titles Available in Learning Ally

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Learning Ally FL B.E.S.T. Standards Available Titles 9-12

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...monitor My Students' Reading Progress?

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...monitor My Students' Reading Progress?

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Learning Ally Elementary School Student Lesson Plan

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Book Analysis

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Wonder                             Graphic Organizer (but you can use it with other titles too)

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Wonder                             Graphic Organizer (but you can use it with other titles too)

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Character Traits

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Elementary School Teacher using Learning Ally

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Excite in Elementary School: Kristy Mathieu and Learning Ally

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What have you been reading?

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Learning Ally High School Student Lesson Plan

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Learning Ally Middle School Student Lesson Plan

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Book Analysis

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Book Analysis

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National Achievement Award Winner

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National Achievement Award Winner- Carson Fast

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...get started as a Learning Ally Admin?

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...get started as a Learning Ally Admin?

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Quick Start Guide ADMIN

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Students read selected book and Support Facilitator uses Thinking Maps with small group.

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View Videos

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Grades K-12~B.E.S.T. Standards Recommended Titles CIVICS LITERACY Available in Learning Ally

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Grades K-12~B.E.S.T. Standards Recommended Titles CIVICS LITERACY Available in Learning Ally

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Learning Ally FL B.E.S.T. Standards Available Titles Civics Lit K-12

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To Kill A Mockingbird    Graphic Organizer (but you can use it with other titles too)

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To Kill A Mockingbird    Graphic Organizer (but you can use it with other titles too)

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Characterization

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The Outsiders                 Graphic Organizer (but you can use it with other titles too)

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The Outsiders                 Graphic Organizer (but you can use it with other titles too)

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Character Comparisons

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open source document

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Using Learning Ally in Middle Schools

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Motivate in Middle School: Laura Younts and Learning Ally

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High School student

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Anthony - Learning Ally Member - High School graduate with dyslexia

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...get started as a Learning Ally Instructor?

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...get started as a Learning Ally Instructor?

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Quick Start Guide INSTRUCTOR

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High School student

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From Dyslexic Struggling Reader to Valedictorian