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Activating prior knowledge pp
Activating prior knowledge pp
Summarizing Informational Text - Young Teacher Love
Teach your elementary students about Summarizing Informational Text: A Simple Strategy to Write an Summary. Summarizing nonfiction text teaches them to determine the most important ideas in a text, ignore unimportant information & connect the main idea & key details of a text in a logical way. It also helps improve memory & comprehension of a text. Students will learn the main idea, important or key details, follow the text structure & putting it all together. #4thGrade
Freebies to Help Students Master Nonfiction Text Features
Help upper elementary kids master nonfiction text features with the ideas, FREE downloads, and teaching tips at this blog post. Make reading to learn easier for 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students. Details for graphic, informational, and organizational aids are included - as well as print features. An anchor chart, whole class practice, freebies, partner work, & more. #3rdGradeReading #4thGradeReading #5thGradeReading #6thGradeReading
Balanced Literacy Diet has moved to a new location | Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
Knowledge Building - Schema Folder Grade 3-6 Schema folders are a tangible equivalent to the prior knowledge we have in our minds regarding a particular topic. Before starting a new topic, pass out plain manilla folders and ask students to jot notes about what they already know on post-its and add them to their folders. As you work through the unit, the schema folders can be adjusted as students' understand change.
Balanced Literacy Diet has moved to a new location | Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
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Teaching Reading Strategies: Activate Prior Knowledge - We Are Teachers
How to teach/review the process of "activating prior knowledge" with your students. Two downloadable lesson plans.
Prior Knowledge Time Machine
Anne Beninghof's blog with ideas on inclusion, co-teaching, and differentiated instruction- a gold mine!
Incorporating Reading in Your Content Area Strategies
This product consists of 25 different literacy strategies and tools that can help you incorporate literacy in any context area. Each strategy inclu...
About Me Project, Nonfiction Text Features, First Week of School Activity
Such a fun activity for the beginning of the school year and a great way to review nonfiction text features!
My Best List of Nonfiction Books Ever
Nonfiction reading is so important for kids -- and not just because Common Core says it is. Here's the best list of nonfiction books that will get kids reading!