Good readers underscore or circle important information, write summaries and definitions in the margins, and note questions or disagreements to help them understand and participate in their own reading. This lesson will help you learn...

[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Learning to read and appreciate irony is the ultimate test of your skill at reading between the lines and can take considerable practice. This lesson will help you acquire...

The Study Skills Help Page provides learning strategies for success. Explore the learning tools and tips that you can use to become a more skilled learner.

With over 100 separate pages of guides to studying and organizing work, this site gives tips on everything from learning how to learn, to managing your time, to how to prepare for essay exams. Selected site content is translated into 25...

This is the Arabic language version of a study skills site also available in English and other languages as well. Different sections teach skills in reading and writing, Internet literacy, critical thinking, math, science, dealing with...

Students can access SAT's practice tests here, as well as take some diagnostic tests to find their weak areas and to predict their probably results on the SAT. In addition, this site offers insights into the make-up of the new SAT, and...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about classrooms where student use remote control to take tests instead of using paper and pencils. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.

The Think-Aloud method has be shown to improve information retention. The lesson plan contained within this site models for teachers how to model this strategy. There is a rubric included for assessment.

This unit focuses on preparing for the AP Exam for AP Literature and Composition. It offers strategies for taking multiple choice questions, essay exams, and exam day. It also provides practice for the essay test using the poem "It's a...

This file will help you teach your students the "RUNNERS" reading strategy. I am a music teacher but I developed this file to help tutor some students and increase their reading scores on the EOG. Under each shape is the reading...

Standardized test practice for students in grades 5 and 6. Students read a practice passage and answer questions that require them to make judgments about such things as fact or opinion and the author's purpose. Answers to the practice...

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[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about students who take tests using remote control instead of pencil and paper. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

Take this five-question self-correcting quiz to test your understanding of the implied main idea.

In this lesson, you will read and annotate a pair of texts to make inferences, draw conclusions, and synthesize ideas and details using textual evidence. Prepare to get involved in a conversation between you and the two texts you will be...

Reconstruction in the South engendered corruption, greed, a poor economy, and a backlash against the idea of allowing freed slaves to take part in political and civic life. Read about the formation of paramilitary groups who attempted to...

A lesson investigating the decreasing population of the US honeybee population. There is a video that explores possible causes and the effect this decrease has on our environment. After the video, the students can test their knowledge...

Use these flashcards to help study the properties of metalloids, metals, and nonmetals. You can study them online, have them read to you, or print them out. To enhance your learning, there are tests to take and games to play.