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Students explore the manipulation of sounds in words and examine how to "mark up the text." They change the beginning, middle, and ending sounds on a variety of words, and identify words that rhyme with the words on a list. Next, they read the passage "The Crow Who Wanted Water," and with the teacher identify the keywords and summarize the sentences. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students study the VCV syllable pattern in the phonics instruction before review the Spider Rule in the guided practice session. In the comprehension section of the lesson, students practice the marking up the text technique while reading a passage entitled, "New Classes Big Choices." They work with a partner to find new words, identify keywords for summarizing, and to make predictions and ask question. Finally, they use the questions for a class discussion. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students participate in a phonics expectancies activity and read and discuss a short reading passage. They view and discuss phonics expectancies visual clues, and create a poster of the visual clues. Next, they read the passage "Winter Embroidery" and mark up the text and discuss what they marked with the class. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students complete text comprehension activities based on a reading of "Old Cold Living in Ice Age America." They apply the marking up the text strategy in order to write down predictions, questions, personal connections, and decide if the story is fiction or nonfiction. Finally, they summarize the selection based on the attached scoring guide. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students read, mark up the text, and summarize the short story "Small Game Hunters." They circle any unfamiliar words, participate in a class discussion regarding the circled words, write down personal comments, and draw mental pictures they had while they read the story. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students examine a variety of words with consonant blends and how to mark up the text. They read and spell words containing consonant blends and circle the blends in the words, and generate a list of ten words with consonant blends. Next, they read a passage and circle any unknown words. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students study consonant digraphs in the phonics section of the lesson by examining lists of words and identifying the digraphs. They read the passage, "I Have a Dream" by Martin Luther King, Jr. while using the comprehension strategy, marking up the text. While reading they circle the words that contain digraphs, and choose the keywords from the passage to use in summarization. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students read and summarize the short article "Watching in the Wild" about Jane Goodall. They discuss the process of marking up the text and read the scoring guide for summarizing the text. Students then read the text and write a short summary of the article. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students complete their study of Latin root words by making a chart in the phonics section of this lesson. They practice the techniques entitled "Higher Order Thinking Skills and Marking Up the Text," before writing a keyword outline and summary of the poem, "The New Colossus." After completing the previous activity, students practice reading the poem aloud. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students review and study consonant blends and digraphs using drill cards. Using an excerpt from "Socrates" the students write a keyword summary by making a keyword outline and giving it an interesting title. Finally, using a fluency scoring guide, they present a recitation of the poem, "Fog." Full Review »
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