Building Vocabulary To develop students' vocabulary, teachers must encourage a curiosity about the meaning and use...		Literacy Glossary A list of terms pertaining to literacy and reading.
Inferences Making an inference involves using what you know to make a guess about what you don't know, or...		Story Elements The ability to identify the elements of a story (plot, characters, setting, and theme) aids in...
Using "KWL" in the Classroom KWL ("Know", "Want to Know", "Learned") charts encourage students to use prior knowledge and...		Summarizing an O. Henry Short Story During this high school language arts lesson, students will summarize, verbally and in writing,...
Questions Before, During, and After Reading To encourage critical reading, teachers should ask students questions about the text before,...		Summarizing a John F. Kennedy Speech During this high school language arts lesson, students will summarize, verbally and in writing,...
Question-Answer Relationships Question-Answer Relationships, or QAR, is a reading comprehension strategy developed to...		Visualizing Visualizing refers to our ability to create pictures in our heads based on text we read or...
Predicting Predicting involves thinking ahead while reading and anticipating information and events in the...		Writing Workshop A writing workshop is a block of time set aside in the school day to focus exclusively on the...
Reading Aloud When we read aloud to students, we expand their imaginations, provide new knowledge, support...		Writing Aloud Writing aloud, or modeled writing, is a strategy wherein teachers use a "think aloud" strategy...
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Popular Independence Day History Resources Teach your students the historical significance of the Fourth of July, with these lessons,...		Peer Response and Editing Peer response and editing are processes through which students respond to and provide feedback...
Reading Buddies Set up a "reading buddies" program with your students by pairing older and younger students...		Shared Writing In shared writing, the teacher and students compose text together, with both contributing their...