Category: Literacy Instruction
Figurative Language
This is PowerPoint with a short game quizzing students on their knowledge of common idioms. I work with a lot of ESL students and it really helps their overall English language skills to be exposed ... Read More
Reading for Vocabulary
Below is a handout I give to students when I ask them to do some independent reading. It can work in small groups and in isolated lessons, or over a longer period of independent reading. [insert_php] ... Read More
Book Group Discussion Guide
Below is a form that I use with my older or more responsible students to record their discussion and questions when doing literature circles or book groups. For younger students, I like to assign m... Read More
Close Reading Task Cards
Below are some task cards that I have put together using MS Publisher. They are intended to be used with any fiction text: poem or prose. You can change the wording to make them more directed or text-... Read More
Very Valuable Vocabulary Handout
If you’d like to encourage your students to incorporate more precise, sophisticated or fun vocabulary into their writing, here is a printable resource that they can stick in the front of their b... Read More
What Does the Text Say?
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