Through Voki, a Web 2.0 tool, students create customizable avatars for class presentations for various purposes, such as presenting biographical information, expressing an opinion, or reading a poem.
Speak to Me: Teaching with Voki
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Shared Reading Opportunities for Direct Literacy Instruction
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K - 12
Strategy Guide
Shared reading affords teachers the opportunity to teach reading strategies in larger groups. The shared text and teacher support offer unique opportunities for instruction.
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Supporting Students As They Read Independently
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K - 12
Strategy Guide
This guide includes basic theory and practice for supporting students reading independently, which is the last instructional context along the gradual release of responsibility.
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Using Guided Reading to Develop Student Reading Independence
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K - 12
Strategy Guide
This guide presents basic structures for implementing guided reading, which involves working with small groups of children possessing similar strategies and challenges when encountering new text.
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Teacher Read-Aloud That Models Reading for Deep Understanding
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K - 12
Strategy Guide
This guide describes the basic elements for reading aloud to students in ways that demonstrate thoughtful and deep interactions with the text.
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Inquiry Charts (I-Charts)
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3 - 12
Strategy Guide
This guide introduces I-Charts, a strategy that enables students to generate meaningful questions about a topic and organize their writing.
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Question the Author (QtA)
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3 - 12
Strategy Guide
In this guide, you'll be introduced to a strategy that requires students to challenge their understanding and solidify their knowledge while reading a text.
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Exit Slips
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K - 12
Strategy Guide
This strategy guide introduces the concept of using Exit Slips in the classroom to help students reflect on what they have learned and express what or how they are thinking about the new information. Exit Slips easily incorporate writing into the content area classroom and require students to think critically.
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Power Notes
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6 - 12
Strategy Guide
The strategy examined in this Strategy Guide teaches students an outlining technique to help them differentiate between main ideas and details in their reading and writing.