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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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Writing & Reading Success Center: Summarizing Paragraphs [Pdf]

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
An explanation and example of summarizing a paragraph, especially helpful for taking notes on texts.
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Ad lit.org: Classroom Strategies: Prediction Relay

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Prediction Relay is an activity that was developed as part of the Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS). PALS is a classwide peer tutoring program in which teachers carefully partner a student with a classmate. The Prediction Relay...
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Cspi: Bill Would Put Nutrition Info on Restaurant Menus

For Students 9th - 10th
In addition to providing full text of the Menu Education and Labeling bill from 2003, this website summarizes the key points of the bill and gives reasons why nutritional information needs to be available at restaurants. This bill has...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Chapter 3: Demand and Supply: Key Concepts and Summary

For Students 11th - 12th
This section summarizes the key concepts of Chapter 3: Demand and Supply from the TEA AP Macroeconomics online text.
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Reading Rockets: Activities for Struggling Readers

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
How can you help the struggling readers in your classroom? This site offers some insight into activities to help develop your students reading skills.
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Siteseen: Government and Constitution: Article 4 of the Us Constitution

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a summary and full text of Article 4 of the US Constitution that summarizes the duties that individual states have to each other, as well as those the federal government has to the states.

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