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.

The textbook entitled Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition contains activities for Chapter 8 reflection. Intended for teachers, this site contains activities that will extend the content from the Chapter 8. Focus of the...

This instructional workshop provides eight sessions on teaching reading in intermediate classrooms: "Creating Contexts for Learning," "Fluency and Word Study," "Building Comprehension," "Writing," "New Literacies of the Internet,"...

Find out what the essentials are for teaching reading. This site provides vital information for teachers in developing the most successful reading program for their students.

A collection of effective, research-based classroom strategies to help build and strengthen literacy skills in print awareness, phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and writing.

Contains plans for one 60-minute lesson that teaches about a reading strategy called Character Perspective Charting. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contains links to PDF handouts and links to...

This Michigan State University site suggests three question-answer relationships strategies, rather than four, leaving out "author and you." Includes examples of each relationship, steps for teaching, and assessment.

Printable, fifty-five page PDF file of a staff development manual containing strategies for teaching reading. Includes chapters on vocabulary, main ideas and supporting details, author's purpose, chronological order, plot and conflict...

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...

This video lesson is part of a year-long unit on immigration. It begins with an introduction to My Name Is Maria Isabel by Alma Flor Ada; the students begin to discuss books they have read about immigrants and how that relates to their...

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...

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.

How can you develop reading fluency in your students? This site offers insight into the direct and indirect approaches to teaching reading fluency. Come and check it out.

An exciting introduction to reading! The instructor writes a simple, one-line story on the board from literature, and the students learn to sound out the words.

Contains plans for three lessons to improve reading comprehension using a visualizing strategy called sketch-to-stretch. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well...

Learn from nationally known researchers and experts in literacy and early education. Topics include phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, spelling, comprehension, writing, summer learning, early childhood education, dyslexia, and more.

This slide presentation makes clear the reasons for specifically teaching online reading strategies, as well as giving examples of how to teach these skills. Many slides also provide links to websites which provide practice for the...

This site provides a collection of reading strategy teaching resources. Strategies are arranged according to the ELA Common Core Curriculum Standards and grade level bands.

This is a workshop for teachers of grades 3-5 with a focus on building reading comprehension. It includes a video demonstrating some of the strategies used as well as activities, printouts, and even tips for new teachers. [28:25]

Improve understanding of expository materials by getting the main ideas through paraphrasing. The paraphrasing strategy helps young scholars recall the main ideas and specific facts of materials they read. There are three steps for...

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,...

A large collection of articles and resources on reading instruction, including for English language learners. The Teacher Education section includes a complete self-study course on teaching reading and writing.

The Paired Reading strategy encourages peer teaching and learning. Students are divided into pairs and read along together or take turns reading aloud to each other. Pairs can have the same reading ability or can include a more fluent...