Reading Strategies Teaching Resources :: 937

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Breathe Easier With These State Assessment Preparation Ideas

For Teachers 1st - 6th

Here are some helpful ideas for preparing students for state assessments.

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Making Learning a Game

For Teachers 3rd - 6th

A game lesson can be a way to explore a variety of concepts with your students.

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Integrating Language Arts and Math

For Teachers 3rd - 8th

Here are simple ideas to integrate math and language arts skills.

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Weathering the War

For Teachers 6th - 12th

Students research maps, weapons and weather from a variety of wars, then create a presentation showing the impact weather and topography has had on military operations.

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Read Write Think: Exploring Reading Strategies

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards

This lesson plan explores reading strategies by creating a musical soundtrack to accompany the specific reading. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.

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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Nonfiction Reading Strategy Assessment [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards

This inventory provides questions to determine the habits that students use when reading nonfiction pieces. This inventory may be used at the beginning of the year or prior to beginning a unit that involves the reading of nonfiction texts.

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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Reading Strategies: Identify Author's Viewpoint

For Students 4th - 8th Standards

This reading resource discusses the strategy of identifying an author's viewpoint. A list of guiding questions is provided to help students as they analyze the author's viewpoint.

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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Reading Strategies: Compare and Contrast Ideas

For Students 6th - 9th Standards

This reading resource discusses the strategy of comparing and contrasting ideas. Students will learn definitions and explanations for similes, metaphors, and analogies. A list of guiding questions is provided to help students as they...

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Read Write Think: Qa Rs to Develop Comprehension & Reflective Reading Habits

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards

Contains plans for three lessons that use the QAR strategy to develop reading comprehension and reflective reading within students. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the...

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Read Write Think: Using Thieves to Preview Nonfiction Texts

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards

Contains plans for three lessons that introduce a nonfiction prereading strategy with the acronym THIEVES, which stands for Title, Headings, Introduction, Every first sentence, Visuals and vocabulary, End Questions, and Summary. In...

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Best Evidence Encyclopedia: Upper Elementary Reading

For Teachers 3rd - 6th

For any reading teacher, take some time to examine these programs for helping students in grades 2-5 improve their reading skills. These programs listed are all scientifically evaluated by researchers from Johns Hopkins University. Find...

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Read Write Think: Scaffolding Comprehension Strategies Using Graphic Organizers

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards

A three-part standards-based instructional activity in which students will use collaborative strategic reading to apply four reading strategies: preview, click and clunk, get the gist, and wrap-up. They will work in cooperative groups...

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Reading Educator: Question Answer Relationships

For Teachers 2nd - 8th Standards

Based on the presumption that every teacher shares responsibility for teaching reading, this page offers a brief look at question-answer relationships, as well as suggestions for putting the strategy to use in the classroom.

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Live Binders: Acre:snorkeling to Deep Sea Diving: Breaking Beyond Surface Reading

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards

This unit from North Carolina Public Schools focuses on Common Core Standards for Reading including close reading strategies, questions teachers should ask themselves, and reading activities.

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Scholastic

Scholastic: 5 Surefire Strategies for Developing Reading Fluency

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards

Improve students' fluency by doing the following in the classroom: "Model Fluent Reading," "Do Repeated Readings in Class," "Promote Phrased Reading in Class," "Enlist Tutors to Help Out," and "Try a Reader's Theater in Class."

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Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)

Ascd: Building Literacy in Social Studies: Ch 1: Reading Social Studies Texts

For Students 6th - 8th Standards

Article provides excellent tips and strategies for building comprehension and critical thinking skills in Social Studies. It describes some of the challenges students have with reading and understanding their textbooks.

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