Reading Teaching Resource Resources
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Inferences
As you may have inferred...this is a critical reading skill! Making an inference involves using what you know to make a…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReadingReading Comprehension -
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Questions Before, During, and After Reading
To encourage critical reading, teachers should ask students questions about the text before, during, and after they…Subjects:ReadingReading ComprehensionGrammar -
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Reading Aloud
When we read aloud to students, we expand their imaginations, provide new knowledge, support language acquisition, build…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReadingReading Aloud -
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Building Vocabulary
Vocabulary development is critical to success in reading To develop students' vocabulary, teachers must encourage a…Subjects:Language Arts and WritingVocabularyReading -
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Reading Buddies
Set up a "reading buddies" program with your students by pairing older and younger students together to read aloud to…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReadingReading Aloud -
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Establishing the Main Idea
An important task of reading comprehension is to determine the importance and meanings of individual words, sentences,…Subjects:ReadingReading ComprehensionMain Idea and Supporting Details -
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Syllable Awareness
Syllable awareness is one component of phonological awareness. Students gain the ability to hear phonemes that comprise…Subjects:ReadingPhonicsReading and Literature -
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Phonemic Awareness
A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in a spoken word that makes a difference in the word's meaning. Phonemic…Subjects:ReadingPhonicsReading and Literature -
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Student Guide to Web Research Learning to Read on the Web
Lesson plan 3, about reading on the Web, in a series for middle-school students learning to use the Internet to do…Subjects:Reading InstructionReading ComprehensionReading -
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Research Paper: Take Notes
How to identify important information and take useful notes for a research paper.Subjects:Reading ComprehensionNonfiction LiteratureLanguage Arts and Writing -
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Fluency
Fluency is generally defined as the rate, accuracy, and expression with which students read. Learn here how to ensure…Subjects:ReadingReading and Literature -
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Reading Carnival
Host a reading carnival at your school -- it will give your students a chance to demonstrate the reading skills they've…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReadingLanguage Arts and Writing -
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Reading Workshop
This strategy gives students the opportunity to choose the books they read and to discuss their reading individually and…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReading -
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Three Famous Americans in the Civil War
Students read several paragraphs about three Civil War heroes, and then answer questions.Subjects:Language Arts and WritingU.S. Civil War (1860-1865)American History/U.S. History -
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Web Research Lesson 3: Learning to Read on the Web
Lesson plan 3, about reading on the Web, in a series for middle-school students learning to use the Internet to do…Subjects:Reading InstructionReading ComprehensionReading -
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Reading Textbooks
Tips for reading and retaining information from textbooks.Subjects:Silent ReadingReading ComprehensionReading -
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Summer Reading List -- Pre-K through Primary
This list of recommended summer reading for grades pre-K through primary is provided by Penguin Young Readers Group and…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReadingLiterature -
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Kubla Khan
The text of Samuel Coleridge's Kubla Khan.Subjects:PoetryReading ComprehensionLiterature -
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Content Area Links to Literature
Literature can bring content areas to life through well-illustrated and composed information books, and memorable…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReadingLiterature -
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The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn -- Chapters Three and Four
The excerpted chapters three and four of the The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn can be used to entice students into reading…Subjects:LiteratureHistorical FictionAncient Civilizations -
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Vacation Reading List -- Adult
This list of recommended vacation reading for adults is provided by Penguin Young Readers Group and Dorling Kindersley.Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReading -
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The Best Christmas Pageant Ever -- Essay Topics
Assign these essay topics to your class when reading Barbara Robinson's book The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.Subjects:Teaching The Best Christmas Pageant EverBooksLiterature -
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Halloween Books for Young Readers
These Halloween books will help younger readers get excited about Halloween, without getting scared.Subjects:ReadingLanguage Arts and WritingReading and Literature -
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Experiencing Literature
A list of activities using literature that can make learning engaging for all students.Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReadingLiterature
