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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Ela Guidebooks: Semantic Mapping

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A strategy for developing students' vocabulary by representing the concepts of words graphically. This helps refine their understanding of vocabulary to meet expectations in reading and language.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Word Meaning: Semantic Map

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which students complete a graphic organizer to learn a new word. Materials are included.
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Indiana University

Iu: Providing Students With a Purpose for Reading

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Discussion of providing students with a purpose for reading from a college class site entitled "Advanced Study of the Teaching of Secondary School Reading." Along with discussion and background on the topic, some specific strategies are...
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University of South Florida

Fcat Reading Grade 4: Teaching Strategies

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This is a great resource that concentrates strategies and student activities in one place in an easy to use format, and can be navigated easily. Find great examples of probable passage, selective underlining, and semantic feature...
Study Guide
University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Contextual Clues

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Strategies to help students recognize the meaning of words through contextual clues provided by a standardized test preparation site intended for fourth grade. Includes strategies such as C(2)QU (See Two Cue You), PReP (Prereading Plan),...
Study Guide
University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Main Idea With Supporting Details

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Strategies to help students recognize main ideas and supporting details provided by a standardized test preparation site intended for fourth grade. Includes strategies such as Main Idea Pyramids, Number Notes, QAR (Question/Answer...
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Solving Word Meanings: Engaging Strategies for Vocabulary Dev.

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
A 5-lesson unit where learners learn to use context clues and semantic gradients together to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words.
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Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: "Seven Strategies to Teach Text Comprehension" by c.r. Adler

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
In this article, "comprehension strategies" are explained. Supported by research, these strategies are divided into seven different steps, including the following: monitoring comprehension, metacognition, graphic and semantic organizers,...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Memories, a Connection to the Past

For Teachers 3rd
This instructional activity engages students in reading comprehension strategies related to Elizabeth Howard's Aunt Flossie's Hats, Mem Fox's Wilford Gordon McDonald Partridge, Bill Martin's Knots On A Counting Rope, and Lucia Gonzales'...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Teaching Word Meanings as Concepts

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The most effective vocabulary instruction teaches word meanings as concepts; it connects the words being taught with their context and with the students' prior knowledge. Six techniques have proven especially effective: Concept...
Activity
University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Compare & Contrast

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Strategies to help students recognize similarities and differences provided by a standardized test preparation site intended for fourth grade. Includes strategies such as Character Frames, Character Mapping, Semantic Feature Analysis,...
Activity
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Semantic Constitution

For Students 9th - 10th
A review of the U.S. Constitution is presented by topics and concepts. A full list of topics gives an alphabetical listing, that when clicked, provides the actual text.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Did English Evolve?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on the evolution of the English language. What is the difference between "a hearty welcome" and "a cordial reception"? In a brief, action-packed history of the English language video, Kate Gardoqui explains why these...
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Other

European Society for General Semantics: False Dilemma

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation of the logical fallacy called False Dilemma (also known as Manicheanism, Black-and-White Thinking, Black-or-White Fallacy, Bifurcation, Bogus Dilemma, or Either/Or fallacy). A definition, explanation, and a number of...
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Spanish 1: Unit 3: El Tiempo

For Students 9th - 10th
In this third unit of an introductory Spanish course, students learn to have a written conversation with someone about the weather and their locations, to communicate about seasons, to speak about themselves, use clothing and other...
Study Guide
University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Probable Passage

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Site provides extensive assistance in preparing 4th grade students for Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. This section provides help in using the "probable passage" technique to aid comprehension. In addition, links are available to...
Study Guide
University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Story Mapping

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Site provides extensive assistance in preparing 4th grade students for Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. This section focuses on story mapping, which helps students put events of a story in sequential order.
Study Guide
University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Selective Underlining

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Site provides extensive assistance in preparing 4th grade students for Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. This section focuses on identifying main ideas and significant details by selectively underlining them in a text.
Article
Other

Educational Psychology Interactive:information Processing Approach to Cognition

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Discusses the different models of information processing and the basic principles accepted in cognitive psychology. Outlines the different types of memory, and the principles of concept formation. Also provides a table listing examples...
Website
Other

Autistic Spectrum Disorders: Sorting It Out

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Written by a teaching and practicing pediatric neurologist, this lengthy but very readable article surveys the disorders now gathered under the "Autistic Spectrum Disorders."
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Stanford University

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Modal Logic

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains modal logic by means of logical notation. Somewhat difficult for a non-specialist to appreciate. However, the introductory section does provide a general definition of "modal logic."
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Other

Reading Quest: Making Sense of Social Studies

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Teaching students to read well in areas other than language arts requires teaching and reinforcing the kinds of reading strategies taught here. There are 27 strategies, ranging from brainstorming to word mapping. The site includes PDF...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Learning to Recognize and Use Strong Verbs

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
In this lesson plan, students will listen to stories and determine the meaning of the word by using sentence-level context clues. They will think about the verbs that are used and think about how that verb appeals to their senses, giving...
Handout
Stanford University

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Logical Form

For Students 9th - 10th
A terrific introduction from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy to the conventions of notation and form in logic, and indeed to logical philosophy in general. Discusses the logical semantics of propositions, description, analysis,...

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