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Ad lit.org: Tips for Reading Tutors
The U.S. Department of Education developed this brief guide for reading tutors. It lists ways that tutoring helps both the learner and the tutor, and provides practical tips that can help tutors be more effective in their work.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Reading 101: A Guide to Teaching Reading and Writing
Reading 101 is a self-paced professional development course for K-3 teachers. It presents some of the core information that teachers need to help young children learn to read and write well and to support the children who struggle. The...
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Ad lit.org: The Teaching Moves of a Strategic Teacher
Research demonstrates the effectiveness of the 12 strategic teaching moves described in this article. On any given day in any given classroom, the strategic teacher employs all of these moves - whether with the whole class, a small...
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Ad lit.org: Scaffold Mindful Silent Reading
Help students internalize and routinize their reading comprehension monitoring with this sample lesson.
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Ad lit.org: Some Obstacles to Vocabulary Development
A strong vocabulary, both written and spoken, requires more than a dictionary. In fact, it requires an educational commitment to overcoming four obstacles: the size of the task (the number of words students need to learn is exceedingly...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Family Ties Making Connections to Improve Reading Comprehension
Contains plans for five lessons that teach students to make authentic connections to reading selections. Lessons use books such as "Bigmama?s" by Donald Crews, "The Snowy Day" by Ezra Jack Keats, and "The Relatives Came" by Cynthia...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Literature Circles With Primary Students, Self Selected Reading
Students respond to self-selected books in journals and talk about their books daily in small groups. The teacher guides students by offering suggestions and writing with them in dialogue journals.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Concept to Classroom: Workshop: Inquiry Based Learning
Explanations, examples, defined vocabulary terms, and answers to questions about nquiry-based learning.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Concept to Classroom: Tapping Into Multiple Intelligences
Explanations, defined vocabulary terms, and answers to questions about Multiple Intelligences.
abcteach
Abcteach: Book Units: Vocabulary Enrichment
[Free Registration/Login Required] Help to select units of books for student reading that will work to build student vocabulary. Some authors are Caldecott and Newberry winners from the early 20's until 2007. Also included are some...
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Abcteach: Trumpet of the Swan
[Free Registration/Login Required] Every teacher doing a unit on Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White will find this resource filled with lots of creative ideas and plans. Here one will find bookmarks, bargraphs, worksheets, lesson plans,...
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Abcteach: Middle/high School Reading Comprehension
[Free Registration/Login Required] Here one can generate several reading comprehension activities for middle or high school students with material ranging from biographies to non-fictional content.
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Seussville Read Across America
Dr. Suess Enterprises takes an active role in the Read Across America Initiative. This site provides links to classroom participation certificates, door hangers, and more. This resource contains a good series of information to get you...
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3 D Issue: Reconsidering Read Aloud by Mary Lee Hahn Intro Section
Intro section (front material, introduction, Chapter 1) of the book Reconsidering Read-Aloud by Mary Lee Hahn.
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3 D Issue: Thinking Through Genre by Heather Lattimer Intro Section
Intro section (front material, introduction, Chapter 1) of Thinking Through Genre by Heather Lattimer.
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3 D Issue: Word Savvy by Max Brand Intro Section
Intro section (front material, introduction, Chapter 1) of Word Savvy a vocabulary building book by Max Brand.
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3 D Issue: Teaching the Best Practice Way by Daniels and Bizar Intro Section
Intro section (front material, introduction, Chapter 1) of Teaching the Best Practice Way by Harvey Daniels and Marilyn Bizar.
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3 D Issues: Revising & Editing by Les Parsons Intro Section
Intro section (front material, Chapter 1, etc.) of the book Revising & Editing by Les Parsons.
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3 D Issue: Writing Anchors by Jan Wells and Janine Reid
The first 25 pages including the introduction and beginning of chapter 1 of Writing anchors by Jan Wells and Janine Reid.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Classroom Strategies: Word Hunts
Word Hunts are used to enhance students' vocabulary growth. Teachers ask students to look for words and patterns in reading materials based upon selected features. Word Hunts focus on the structure and meaning of words by turning...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Asu: Compass for Courage
COMPASS uses collaborative game-based learning to teach youth research-backed strategies to manage worries, solve problems, build relationships, and face stressful situations with confidence. This six-lesson plan has shown to improve...
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Poetry for the Elementary Classroom
Site contains a narrative and three lesson plans. These plans are designed to assist students with various aspects of poetry. This site discusses strategies which enable students to effectively, memorize, recite, and correctly pronounce...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Building Word Knowledge Through Informational Websites
A lesson through which students identify, understand and work with important vocabulary words found in an online article on biodiversity. Based on the "Ten Important Words Plus" strategy that teachers can employ as part of vocabulary and...
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Ad lit.org: Read Aloud, Read Along, Read Appropriately to Foster Flexible Readers
The read aloud, read along, and read appropriately strategies involve three phases of reading instruction. As the teacher thinks aloud about what he or she is reading, students begin to understand the connections between the words on the...