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Curated OER

Applying SQ3R to Texts

For Teachers 9th - 12th
After a review of the SQ3R strategy, readers use the provided prompts to respond to a text. The value of this worksheet is in the additional questions that move the learner into higher levels of reasoning.
Worksheet
Curated OER

SQ3R Reading Strategy

For Students 3rd - 6th
The SQ3R strategy is a useful tool for students to increase their reading comprehension. This worksheet provides students with a template to fill out the title, survey, question, read, and retell sections of SQ3R. This is a useful tool...
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Curated OER

Reading Comprehension

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers review the task sheet and information on SQ3R reading strategy. They choose a text for reading then apply SQ3R to the text to preview and ask questions about the content, organizational structure and author's prupose for...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Amelia Earhart

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Your class can learn about Amelia Earhart and practice important comprehension skills here. Learners answer questions about cause and effect, compare texts, and discuss similes and metaphors after reading Amelia Earhart: Free in the...
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University of Tennessee

Note-Taking Skills (Cornell)

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Taking good notes is key to success in academic classes. How to take good notes is the focus of this five-page packet that introduces the Cornell, the Five R's, and the SQ3R methods of note taking in one study skills lesson.
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Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? So What?

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders master the SQ3R method. They begin reading for a purpose and organize thoughts through categorizing them. They write in their notebooks what they think about the lesson and the classroom for the day and write a...
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Curated OER

Reading Strategies for Elementary Students

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students practice using strategies to help them read. They participate in activities that help them sound out words and determining the main idea. They also examine good and bad reading habits.
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North Shower Community College

Preparing for Tests, Taking Tests, Reducing Test Anxiety

For Students 3rd - 12th
As testing season is upon us, give class members a way to prepare their minds and bodies for the big day. A resource promotes deep breathing exercises and comfortability to reduce anxiety. Along with multiple choice, short...
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Curated OER

Cirque Ignites 'Spark'

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students respond to a news article on creativity. In this reading strategy lesson, students use the SQ3R approach to evaluate what they have read. The news article is about Cirque de Soleil and creativity in everyday life.
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Lesson Plan for a 5th Grade Science Class

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders use the SQ3R reading strategy to learn about the behavior of light. In this behavior of light lesson, 6th graders read a selection about the behavior of light and use the strategy to complete the reading. Students make a...
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Archaeology

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students read archaeology books, define it and discover how math and science help us learn about the past.  In this investigative lesson students give a description of archaeology and two facts that they learned. 
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Macmillan Education

Study Skills

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed Standards
Go beyond simply telling students to improve their work ethic and study habits with this complete lesson on developing study skills! 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Time Marches On

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover the times of Colonial America by creating a timeline.  In this U.S. History lesson, students research a teacher-directed website about African Americans in early colonial times.  Students utilize their...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Sq3 R Reading Technique

For Students 6th - 8th
Click through nine informative, eye-catching slides to learn how to use the SQ3R reading method to improve attentiveness and comprehension.
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Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College: Reading Techniques: Sq3 R Method for Thorough Study

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A brief description of the SQ3R method of reading comprehension and how it can be used to improve study habits.
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Other

Five Main Types of Graphic Organizers

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This site provides information on how to use each graphic organizer. There are also 21 different graphic organizers for you to see.
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Mind Tools

Mind Tools: Sq3 R Retention of Written Information

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
SQ3R is a useful technique for fully absorbing written information. It helps you to create a good mental framework of a subject, into which you can fit facts correctly. It helps you to set study goals. It also prompts you to use the...