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The Mysteries of Twins

For Teachers 3rd

Third graders experience reading in the content areas by reading about heredity and practicing summarizing the reading.

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Free Reading

Free Reading: Amplify Education, Inc.: Introduce Reading Connected Text

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards

An exciting introduction to reading! The instructor writes a simple, one-line story on the board from literature, and the students learn to sound out the words.

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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Classify and Summarize Information [Pdf]

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards

This learning module contains a link to graphic organizers that will help students categorize content and comprehend short and extended texts. The graphic organizers are designed to be applied to reading nonfiction passages in science...

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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

Depaul University: Center for Urban Education: I Can Compare and Contrast [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards

This resource is a poster that includes cues that will help students compare and contrast information. These questions can be applied to fiction and nonfiction passages.

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PBS

Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Backyard Mission

For Students Pre-K - 1st

Based on the PBS Kids series, Plum Landing, students will watch and learn about the outdoors in the "Backyard Mission" episode. Then students will integrate their knowledge and illustrate a picture about what is in their own backyard.

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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Using Narrative for Expository Text

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards

Lesson in which students read various narrative texts which provide a context for them to learn content-area topics. Narratives allow the students to begin to understand expository texts.

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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: I Can Classify and Infer When I Read [Pdf]

For Students 5th - 8th Standards

This site contains links to two graphic organizers to guide and assess the understanding of nonfiction text in science and social studies.

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Utah Education Network

Uen: 2nd Grade Act. 01: Exploration Tubs

For Teachers 2nd

During this language development lesson plan, 2nd graders will explore tubs with different themes. Students will use these tubs to explore fossils, rocks, reptiles, orgnisms

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University of California

Ucla: How to Narrow or Broaden Your Topic?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

How do you narrow or broaden your research topic? Use this informative educational website to find out how to accomplish this goal.

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Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Content Area Literacy

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st

Content area lessons require specific techniques and knowledge that help students navigate different types of texts. Here you will find articles, videos, teaching strategies, webcasts, and research reports.

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