This Strategy Guide is for developing comprehension that incorporates the gradual release of responsibility model.
Supporting Comprehension Strategies for English Language Learners
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Supporting Vocabulary Acquisition for English Language Learners
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6 - 12
Strategy Guide
This Strategy Guide introduces strategies teachers can use for ELL vocabulary instruction in their English and content area classrooms.
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Assessing Student Interests and Strengths
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6 - 12
Strategy Guide
In this Strategy Guide, you'll learn about a number of specific methods that can help you to gain a fuller picture of the interests of your students as well as what your students understand, know, and can demonstrate by doing.
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Developing Academic Vocabulary
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K - 12
Strategy Guide Series
In this Strategy Guide Series, you'll find creative and compatible ways to build, maintain, and extend students' vocabulary across academic disciplines.
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Teaching Reading with YA Literature: Complex Texts, Complex Lives
6 - 12
Professional Library
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This book is designed to help teachers develop their own version of YA pedagogy and a vision for teaching YA lit in the middle and secondary classroom.
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Sherman Alexie in the Classroom: "This is not a silent movie. Our voices will save our lives."
8 - 12
Professional Library
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Provides high school teachers with teaching strategies, classroom activities, and student samples for teaching the works of Sherman Alexie.
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Sandra Cisneros in the Classroom: "Do not forget to reach"
8 - 12
Professional Library
The third volume in the NCTE High School Literature Series explores the joys of reading and teaching the stories and poems of noted Mexican American author Sandra Cisneros.
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Langston Hughes in the Classroom: "Do Nothin' till You Hear from Me"
8 - 12
Professional Library
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Carmaletta M. Williams provides high school teachers with background on Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance as well as help in teaching Hughes's poetry, short stories, novels, and autobiography.
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Judith Ortiz Cofer in the Classroom: A Woman in Front of the Sun
8 - 12
Professional Library
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Carol Jago offers ways to teach the works of Judith Ortiz Cofer in the high school English classroom.
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Using Word Walls to Develop and Maintain Academic Vocabulary
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K - 12
Strategy Guide
In this guide, you will learn how to use Word Walls to support vocabulary development and retention.
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Using Disciplinary Facets to Deepen Academic Vocabulary Knowledge
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4 - 12
Strategy Guide
In this guide, you will learn how to use the disciplinary facets strategy to support vocabulary development across contexts and academic disciplines.
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Using Generative Sentences to Apply Academic Vocabulary
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4 - 12
Strategy Guide
In this guide, you will learn how to use generative sentences to give students opportunities to apply their knowledge of new words in writing.
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Depend on the Text! How to Create Text-Dependent Questions
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1 - 3
Strategy Guide
Teachers need to create text-dependent questions to elicit close reading. When answering these questions, students learn to reread and think deeply about the text.
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Promote Deep Thinking! How to Choose a Complex Text
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1 - 3
Strategy Guide
Complex texts promote deep thinking and critical analysis by students. Through close reading of a complex text, students' independent reading abilities also increase.
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Close Reading of Literary Texts
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6 - 12
Strategy Guide
This guide provides strategies for choosing text that is appropriate for close reading and to plan for instruction.
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Reading on the Go
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5 - 12
Strategy Guide
In this Strategy Guide, learn how to prepare yourself and your students for reading and note-taking in mobile environments.
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Get Close to Think Deeply: Creating Primary-Level Close Readings
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1 - 3
Strategy Guide
Close readings allow primary students to engage with complex texts. Through repeated reading, students build a deep understanding of the text and critical thinking skills.
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Introducing Ideas and Vocabulary with the Concept Sort
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K - 8
Strategy Guide
A Concept Sort is a vocabulary and comprehension strategy used with students to introduce new topics and/or familiarize students with new vocabulary.
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Using Paired Reading to Increase Fluency and Peer Cooperation
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K - 6
Strategy Guide
In this strategy, students read aloud to each other, pairing more fluent readers with less fluent readers. This strategy can also be used to pair older students with younger students to create "reading buddies."
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Teaching with Zooming Slideshows through Prezi
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6 - 12
Strategy Guide
Through Prezi, a web application, students create "zooming" presentations for various purposes, such as presenting research, defending an opinion, or sharing a digital story.