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Slowing Down the Reading Process to Build Students’ Comprehension Skills
Slowing Down the Reading Process to Build Students’ Comprehension Skills
Read the article here to learn more about how slowing down while reading gives students time to deeply engage with texts and gather their thoughts about the content.
Read the article here to learn more about how slowing down while reading gives students time to deeply engage with texts and gather their thoughts about the content.
Picture Books Aren’t Just for the Youngest Students
Picture Books Aren’t Just for the Youngest Students
Read the article here to learn more about the power of using picture books with older students to build comprehension skills.
Read the article here to learn more about the power of using picture books with older students to build comprehension skills.
Standardized Testing Super Bowl-Style
Standardized Testing Super Bowl-Style
Check out this blog post by Dr. Sulla on how to prepare students for the state test.
Mindfulness and Stress Reduction: Incorporate mindfulness activities or relaxation techniques to help students manage test anxiety and stress. This could include deep breathing exercises, guided meditation, or simple stretching routines.
Harnessing Technology for Engaging Learning Experiences
Harnessing Technology for Engaging Learning Experiences
This article discusses how having students try podcasting or storytelling with virtual reality is an effective way to increase engagement and reinforce critical content.
Watch this video to learn about the 9-Box Grid and how it can support students' diverse learning styles while promoting intrinsic motivation.
Click below to access resources to support students' diverse learning styles.
ELA Activities
ELA Activities
Check out this site, which has some great activities and graphic organizers to support students with reading.
Writing and Universal Design for Learning
Writing and Universal Design for Learning
Implementing Universal Design for Learning (UDL) writing strategies involves considering learners' diverse needs and abilities. Read this text to learn some strategies you can implement in your classroom.
Implementing Universal Design for Learning (UDL) writing strategies involves considering learners' diverse needs and abilities. Read this text to learn some strategies you can implement in your classroom.
Differentiation Strategies for Reading
Differentiation Strategies for Reading
Learners come to the classroom with varied learning styles and readiness levels. Therefore, it is necessary to create diverse learning experiences. This tool provides examples of differentiated reading strategies to support comprehension all learners in your classroom.
Connective Thinking
Connective Thinking
There are five different strategies we can use to support students in connective thinking. Use this recource to engage your brain in thinking in connective ways.
Strategies for Increasing Comprehension and Critical Thinking
Learners come to the classroom with varied learning styles and readiness levels. Therefore, it is necessary to create diverse learning experiences. Review this tool with examples of graphic organizers to support deep comprehension and critical thinking for all learners in your classroom.
Five Levels of Content Facilitation Questions
Five Levels of Content Facilitation Questions
When you are a masterful facilitator, you spend the majority of your time working with students one-on-one, in pairs, or in small groups as students are working on differentiated activities. As students are working on their activities, you'll want to have thought through a set of leveled questions to ensure that each of your learners is progressing toward and beyond content mastery. Review this document for explames of different types of questions.
When you are a masterful facilitator, you spend the majority of your time working with students one-on-one, in pairs, or in small groups as students are working on differentiated activities. As students are working on their activities, you'll want to have thought through a set of leveled questions to ensure that each of your learners is progressing toward and beyond content mastery. Review this document for explames of different types of questions.
Literature Circles
Literature Circles
The premise of literature circles is that if we foster the natural, aesthetic response students have when they read a text, then higher-order thinking skills will emerge.
Check out this resource to learn more.
Management Grid for Literature Circle Student Roles
Use this tool to assist the teacher with facilitating and managing Literature Circles.
Literature Circle Role Cards
Literature Circle Role Cards
Use these Role Cards to help guide students in their Literature Circle roles.
Designing Your Classroom Layout
In student-centered classrooms, the amount of time the teacher spends addressing the whole class is minimal. It is necessary to think beyond traditional classroom layouts and create a functional classroom aligned with a student-centered learning environment.
Read this article to find out more.
The Great Student Rubric
The Great Student Rubric
The Great Student Rubric is a powerful tool for providing students with expectations for behavior in a learning environment that builds executive function skills and integrates social-emotional learning competencies.
Text Structures Learning Center
Learning centers are independent activities that guide students to grapple with core concepts and skills. Using a selected text or video, students will learn about text structures and note-taking skills.
Review this resource to find out more.
Key Details Learning Center
Key Details Learning Center
Students work together to learn how to identify key details. Not only do learning centers provide instructional content, but they also support social and emotional learning as students must cooperate and collaborate to complete the activity.
Review this resource to find out more.
Main Topic vs. Main Idea Learning Center
Main Topic vs. Main Idea Learning Center
Students work together to understand the difference between a main topic and a main idea, which is a key skill for students as they transition from second to third grade. This learning center can also be used in older grades as a means of differentiation based on student needs. This learning center aligns with the Migrating Monarchs Authentic Learning Unit.
Review this resource to find out more.
Reasons vs. Evidence Learning Center
Reasons vs. Evidence Learning Center
This learning activity will help students explore the difference between reasons and evidence when constructing an argumentative writing piece. It can be used with the Authentic Learning Unit "Internet Filters: Helpful or Harmful?
Review this resource to find out more.
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