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Students who are highly motivated readers make more effective use of reading comprehension strategies such as cooperative learning, graphic and semantic organizers, and questioning through a self directed system (Kirmizi, 2011). In order to support reading comprehension strategy use, teachers are encouraged to implement direct instruction on comprehension strategies in curricular and cross curricular areas, and implement a reward system in order to motivate use of these strategies…

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Hey there! Jen Bradshaw here from TeacherKARMA.com Teachers, can you believe that you actually have to tell your students to THINK WHILE THEY READ? Reading is Thinking Resource has the perfect anchor chart for working on: predict infer visualize make connections question the text summarize Grab your FREEBIE over at Teacher KARMA. Best wishes! Jen Bradshaw You Might ... Read More about READing is THINKing – Comprehension Anchor Chart

How do you develop Kindergarten reading comprehension? Here are some tips and a look at these purposeful Kindergarten response worksheets.

What the heck is this "Close Reading" thing, anyway? Close reading is an instructional routine in which students critically examine a...

As much as I love to read, sometimes I dreaded teaching reading. I was reading by four and everything in language arts came easily to me – it just clicked. When I had students that didn’t improve their reading with my strategies, I didn’t understand why. Now that I am working with my son, I […]

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Engaging ELA lesson idea for elementary to practice the reading comprehension strategy of questioning. Tips and strategies for ELA.

Hello Everyone! I have had many second grade teachers contact me about our home reading log and parent/child questions to accompany reading...

HOTS (higher order thinking) task cards. Get your kiddos’ higher thinking skills flowing with these HOTS Reading Task Cards. The pack includes 50 different activities which are split into the following themes: character, author, plot, setting, book and text connections. Encouraging higher level thinking is especially important in reading in order to ensure that students develop critical comprehension skills. These are not your ordinary reading task cards; no recall questions or other…

What to do when your students are fake reading. Use these free Real Readig vs Fake Reading anchor charts, printables, and lesson plans.

Struggling to read faster and retain information? Learn how to master skimming and scanning techniques to boost reading comprehension, improve study efficiency, and save time on assignments.

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