Reflective Journals Reflective journals are notebooks that students use when writing about their own thoughts. This...		Questions Before, During, and After Reading To encourage critical reading, teachers should ask students questions about the text before,...
Running Records A running record is a way to assess a student's reading progress by systematically evaluating a...		Cooperative Learning Teaching Strategies Use these strategies to improve your students' cooperative learning skills. Included are...
Think Aloud Strategy The think-aloud strategy asks students to say out loud what they are thinking about when...		Teaching Strategies for Language Arts Use these strategies to improve your students' language arts skills. Included are articles to...
Think, Pair, Share The think, pair, share strategy is a cooperative learning technique in which students think...		Teaching Strategies for Reading Use these strategies to improve your students' reading comprehension skills. Included are...
Literacy Centers At literacy centers, students work alone or interact with one another using instructional...		Popular Black History Month Lessons & Printables, Grades 9-12 Browse our popular printables and lessons for great teaching ideas during Black History Month...
Building Vocabulary To develop students' vocabulary, teachers must encourage a curiosity about the meaning and use...		Question-Answer Relationships Question-Answer Relationships, or QAR, is a reading comprehension strategy developed to...
Building Vocabulary Using Word Roots and Prefix Meanings During the lesson, students build their vocabulary by using word webs to help them learn the...		Literature Circles In literature circles, students come together to discuss and respond to a book that they are...
Building Vocabulary Using Analogies In this lesson, students build their vocabulary by using analogies to help them learn the...		Book Discussions Encourage your students to read for pleasure with book discussions. Students can share with the...
Inferences Making an inference involves using what you know to make a guess about what you don't know, or...		Reading Aloud When we read aloud to students, we expand their imaginations, provide new knowledge, support...
Using "KWL" in the Classroom KWL ("Know", "Want to Know", "Learned") charts encourage students to use prior knowledge and...		Predicting Predicting involves thinking ahead while reading and anticipating information and events in the...