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Teacher and Student Literature Discussion Cards
Reading Comprehension > Engage Students > See How It Works
This sample material includes a lesson plan and discussion cards used by a third/fourth-grade teacher to help guide text discussions. The discussion cards provide cues to help students become...
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Story Elements Graphic Organizer
Reading Comprehension > Text Structure > See How It Works
This organizer was used by a third-grade teacher during a lesson on teaching narrative text structure, specifically identifying problem and solution. Watch the video Gertrude Took a Nose Dive:...
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Text Structure Activities and Student Work
Reading Comprehension > Text Structure > See How It Works
This sample material includes a lesson plan, signal words, literacy cards, and graphic organizers used to help students learn about text structures. Two examples of student work are included to...
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Bat-Bird Compare and Contrast Graphic Organizer
Reading Comprehension > Text Structure > See How It Works
This organizer was used by a third-grade teacher to teach the compare and contrast nonfiction text structure. It includes filled-in student examples, sections for recording similarities and...
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Kindergarten Lesson Plan: Character and Setting
Reading Comprehension > Text Structure > See How It Works
This plan was developed by a kindergarten teacher. It provides details on standards, objectives, and essential questions guiding text structure instruction, and describes lesson activities and ways...
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Principal's Walk-Through: Observation and Feedback Form
Reading Comprehension > Comprehension Strategies > See How It Works
This checklist is used by a principal to conduct classroom observations and provide feedback to teachers. Principals and coaches can adapt this walk-through to monitor instruction and engage staff...
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Examples of Effective Reading Comprehension Strategies
Reading Comprehension > Comprehension Strategies > See How It Works
This table from the Practice Guide describes the six strategies that are the most important for improving reading comprehension in the primary grades and provides examples of activities to promote...
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Examples of Multiple Strategy Formats
Reading Comprehension > Comprehension Strategies > See How It Works
This table from the Practice Guide shows four examples of multiple-strategy formats that combine strategies with an explicit method of teaching them—Reciprocal Teaching, Transactional Strategy...
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Illustration of Gradual Release of Responsibility Model
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This illustration from the Practice Guide shows instructional practices to gradually release responsibility from teachers to students as a task progresses. It describes the task, the share of...
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"I Can..." Reading Strategy Books
Reading Comprehension > Comprehension Strategies > See How It Works
This student booklet was created by a second-grade teacher to help her students keep track of the reading strategies they have learned and to remind them to use them as they read. Watch the...
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Question Sea Worksheets
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These worksheets were developed by a third-grade teacher and her colleagues to help students understand the difference between on-the-surface and under-the-surface questions about text. Watch the...
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Peer Observation Form
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This form is used to guide teacher observations of comprehension lessons taught in peer classrooms. The form lists reflection question stems to focus observations and a chart for taking notes on...
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