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Gordon State College: Poetry Analysis
This is a detailed course assignment where students are asked to choose a poem from those provided and prepare an analysis of it prior to presenting it to the instructor. Students are given guidelines for an essay up to 3 pages long, and...
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Reading Quest: Making Sense of Social Studies
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...
University of South Florida
Fcat Express: Contextual Clues
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),...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Getting to Know Characters
In this language development lesson using the books by Kevin Henkes English Language Learners learn vocabulary and language structures to express feelings, make text-to-self connections, and practice the reading strategy of analyzing...
Phonics Guide
Papa Jan: What Is Phonics?
How can you define phonics? Take this opportunity to learn a little more about phonics and its relationship to letters and sounds.
Quizlet
Quizlet: 8th Grade Evidence/inference Test
Reading strategy terms are included on this vocabulary test. This test assesses the following words: analysis, evidence, explicit, imply, and inferences. Five multiple choice questions are provided on this assessment.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Literacy Achievement Academy, Grade 2: Additional Resources
This is a collection of links to teacher resources for teaching literacy to 2nd graders. It includes reading comprehension, word recognition, vocabulary, fluency, differentiated instruction, and using assessment data.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Unpacking the Sat Essay Prompt
The words in the SAT Essay Prompt have been chosen very carefully. What do they all mean? This article provides a detailed analysis of the SAT Essay task.
Wisconsin Response to Intervention Center
Wisconsin Rt I Center: Contextual Redefinition [Pdf]
Classroom teachers will learn about contextual redefinitions, an engaging instructional strategy. Teachers will learn how to implement the strategy, understand how to measure progress with contextual redefinitions, find research that...
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Welcome to mr.r's World of Math!!!
At this site, math word problems are presented in an exciting and creative format. Students attempt to find solutions to hilarious situations using their mathematical skills. To do this they must solve various math problems in a certain...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Power Patterns
In this activity, students investigate patterns that show relationships between powers and roots. They learn to identify strategies to be used to find important patterns in data.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Literary Text: Close Reading of Prose: Practice 2
This activity focuses on close reading, the careful, sustained reading of a text. One strategy to help you read closely is to ask yourself questions such as What is your overall impression of the passage? What mood does the passage...
Read Works
Read Works: Vocabulary in Context 4th Grade Unit
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learners explore various strategies for using context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words. With free login, users have access to the passage and other teaching materials used in this lesson...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Assessing Theme
This is an introductory lesson on the concept of theme. Students choose two words that sum up the theme of the novel "So B. It" by Sarah Weeks. They then analyze a passage to find evidence of their choices and create a theme map. They...
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Six Is the Sum
You will probably want to make a list to figure out the solution to this problem. There are teacher notes and the solution right at this one page website.
Education Place
Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Kids' Place Mathematics
Educational publisher Houghton Mifflin provides a colorful, engaging site that offers test-prep practice, test-taking strategies, and brain teasers on a variety of math concepts for grades 1-6. Just "Choose an activity and pick a grade,"...
Education Place
Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Kids' Place Mathematics
Educational publisher Houghton Mifflin provides a colorful, engaging site that offers test-prep practice, test-taking strategies, and brain teasers on a variety of math concepts for grades 1-6. Just "Choose an activity and pick a grade,"...