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The Dale–Chall readability formula is a readability test that provides a numeric gauge of the comprehension difficulty that readers come upon when reading a text. It uses a list of 3000 words that groups of fourth-grade American students could reliably understand, considering any word not on that list to be difficult.
The E. B. White Read Aloud Award was established in 2004 by The Association of Booksellers for Children (ABC) to honor books that its membership felt embodied the universal read aloud standards that were created by the work of the author E. B. White. In 2006 the award was expanded into two categories: the E. B. White Read Aloud Award for Older ...
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing is a children's novel written by American author Judy Blume and published in 1972. [1] It is the first in the Fudge series and was followed by Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great, Superfudge, Fudge-a-Mania, and Double Fudge (2002). [1][2] Although Otherwise Known as Sheila the ...
Alex Gino at the 16th International Literature Festival Berlin (2016). Alex Gino wrote the novel "because it was the book [they] wanted to read" growing up. [2] Gino also wanted to write it because they noticed a lack of transgender middle-grade literature aimed for 3rd grade to 7th grade, and they hoped the book would "help transgender children feel less alone."
Jim Trelease was born on March 23 in Orange, New Jersey, to George Edward and Jane (Conlan) Trelease, a Cornish American family. [2] In 1945, his family moved to Union, New Jersey, where he attended St. Michael Parish School. In 1952, his family moved to North Plainfield, New Jersey. Here, he attended Stoney Brook Junior High and North ...
Screen reader. Assistive technology that converts text or images to speech or Braille. An example of someone using a screen reader showing documents that are inaccessible, readable and accessible. A screen reader is a form of assistive technology (AT) [1] that renders text and image content as speech or braille output.
Orbis Pictus. John Amos Comenius. 1658. Earliest picture book specifically for children. [9][10] A Token for Children. Being An Exact Account of the Conversion, Holy and Exemplary Lives, and Joyful Deaths of several Young Children. James Janeway. 1672.
Here are just some reasons why it is worthwhile creating spoken recordings of articles. Spoken articles make Wikipedia content available to those who can understand English but cannot read it. Users can listen to Wikipedia articles while they perform tasks that preclude reading but not concentration (such as running, or housework).