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Fiction Readings with Skills Development. Center for Urban Education: Resources One-Page Reading/Thinking Passages Aligned with Core Priorities FICTION Readings to Develop or Assess Comprehensive Reading Skills These passages are listed at their readability level according to the Fry formula. However, you may want to use a reading from an earlier grade level because the formula does not factor in conceptual difficulty of a text. Each reading includes constructed-response questions that students should answer with evidence--developing competence aligned with Common Core Anchor Reading Standard 1: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
For comprehensive development: Use these Comprehensive Fiction Reading Questions to guide/assess student interpretation of any fiction This is an expanded set of Fiction Reading Questions to guide/assess any reading 2nd-3rd Grade One-Page Readings Flying. PassagBank.com - A Passage Search Engine for Teachers. Historical Fiction. Read Me A Story, Ink. — Search Read Aloud Stories by Title, Author, Grade Level or Keyword. Goldfieldsliteracy - Charts, posters, bookmarks. LLPLC Resources / Genres. Genres When students understand the unique characteristics of genres, they are better equipped to anticipate the structure of the text and comprehend the big ideas more easily.
(Tompkins, p 57) Poetry Tompkins, Gail E. Figure 8-1 p 261 Informational books form a wide and varied category which employs several forms, structures and styles. ........ Freedman, R. (1992). Informational books do not have to be boring. 4 Characteristics of Informational Texts 1) Accuracy Information must be accurate and complete. 2) Organization The information should be presented clearly and in a logical progression to enhance readability and comprehension. See Expository Text Structure under the Structure category. 3) Design The book should have great visual appeal and be easy to navigate. 4) Style The style should be stimulating enough to motivate the reader to explore further.
Vardell, S. (1991). The RTI Daily Planning Book, K-6 by Gretchen Owocki - Heinemann Publishing. WW2 Mentor Text: Number the Stars. Today's theme for Collaboration Cuties' Mentor Text linky is Social Studies In history, we've been delving deep into World War 2 - by far my students' favorite subject to study. There a lot of excellent books on the topic - here's one... Number the Stars by Lois Lowry is an incredible story set in Nazi-occupied Denmark during World War 2. The story's main character, Annemarie, demonstrates great courage in the face of adversity and a changing world.
If you haven't read this book, you must add it to your must-read-this-summer list! To enrich your study of this novel, I have created a 75-page packet. This MEGA packet is the perfect supplement to a study of the book, whether you're doing it as a whole-class, a small group (i.e. reading groups or literature circles), or as an individual project. In addition to all of these awesome story element pages to accompany the book, I have also included three non-fiction passages with reading comprehension questions for each: And...exciting news! The Teacher Studio: Learning, Thinking, Creating: Immigration Journals...Creating Characters! OK...my class is on the tail end of one of my FAVORITE units of the year.
I haven't been blogging about it much because I did do some blogging about the unit last year but... I have to share this. We have immersed ourselves in immigration...we have read novels. We have read informational texts. We have viewed primary sources. We have read picture books. To prepare for this amazing learning experience, I put my students into "families" from countries that sent a lot of immigrants to our part of the country. Together they brainstorm and come up with their ideas. Others used iPads to get more detail or to learn a little more about what was happening in that era in that country. All of this preparation served to get the students SO excited for our big day. 1. 2. 3. We started off in the computer lab today with our first entry...and the kids were having a blast writing, conferring with their family members, dashing back to their computers and so on. Text Message Generator: Create Character Conversations | teachthrutech.
I have written previously about Fakebook, which allows you to create a fake Facebook page. To see that article, click here. Classtools.net has another fun activity that is a bit easier for you to use but can create the same type of feel. the SMS Generator! The SMS Generator gives you the opportunity to create a text message conversation between 2 people. It can be historical figures or characters from a book. Use the options below the message field to add conversation bubbles, save your work, share your work, and start a new conversation. Once the conversation is saved, you have options to share your work. The text message generator is just one more way to allow students to express/share what they have learned. Like this: Like Loading... Book clubs. In 5th grade, our students participate in book clubs in at least two of our reading units: Social Issues and Historical Fiction.
This year, I tried something a little different to heighten the level of my students' book club conversations and will definitely do it again next year. This year, in addition to using consistent whole class conversations and partner conversations throughout the school year to strengthen their ability to talk about books, I also formed book clubs for some of our read alouds. For example, in between our Social Issues and Historical Fiction units, I had the book club groups practice how to prepare and have successful conversations around our read aloud, The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen. During this week, Melanie Meehan and I acted as a mini-book club to model how to prepare for our conversations and use our writing to have successful conversations during our reading workshop minilessons. Enjoy!
:) Strategies for Argument Based Read Aloud from Mary Ehrenworth. Last week, I had the privilege of going to a full day workshop at TCRWP to hear Kylene Beers speak about close reading and rigor! Stay tuned to hear about that this week. Prior to Kylene Beers speaking, Mary Ehrenworth shared strategies for argument based read alouds in the classroom. In our district, we are currently in our Short Text/Literary Essay unit and our next unit is Nonfiction Research/Research Based Argument Essay so I was excited to hear what her focus was for her time with us. Below are some of my notes and take-aways about argument based read alouds in the classroom. Purpose of Argument Based Read Alouds: Increase the intensity and engagement of partner talk Increase skills of using text evidenceHone into skills for evidence based arguments During an argument based read aloud, you are reading aloud the text like you normally would without the students having the text in front of them and having the students stop and jot/turn and talk about the text.
What Impacts our Characters? What Impacts People? Each year, in fifth grade, we teach a character unit in reading workshop and I love it because it really teaches students how to grow ideas about their characters. In the past, I usually only taught two mini-lessons on character impact and how events and secondary characters impact the main character. This year, I chose to teach four different mini-lessons and focused on: How Events Impact Characters; How Decisions Impact Characters; How Words Impact Characters; and How Relationships Impact Characters (see charts below that were created in each mini-lesson). This instructional decision had a positive impact on my students as readers and lifted the level of their thinking and understanding for how many different factors impact our characters and cause them to act or feel a certain way.
After teaching these mini-lessons on character impact, I pushed my students' thinking even further and had them think about how we can apply these same lessons to our lives. Enjoy the weekend! :) What Impacts our Characters? What Impacts People? Is Your Child on Track? by Bonnie Campbell Hill - Heinemann Publishing. Now available: An app for parents of children ages 3 to 11 who want to help their children grow as readers.
Parents of elementary school students have two basic questions: “How is my child doing as a reader?” And “What can I do to help?” It’s a challenge to answer these questions and explain literacy development in content-packed back-toschool nights or during a thirty-minute parent–teacher conference. The new app Is Your Child on Track? Adapted from Bonnie Campbell Hill’s parent guide Supporting Your Child’s Literacy Learning, this app will• Help parents understand the path their children will take in developing as readers• Show parents how to support their child’s growth and encourage their love of reading• Bolster parent support for their school’s literacy program• Improve family–teacher communication Is Your Child on Track?
Each stage of reading development provides a menu of support options:1. “For a child, learning to read is like learning to ride a bike. 12 Words and Phrases We Get From Greek Mythology | Amy Leigh Strickland. Etymologists (people who study words and their histories) should be very familiar with Ancient Greek language and culture. Latin words make up about 50% of the English language, and the Romans borrowed their mythology from the Greeks. Greek words make up another estimated 5%. So what words and phrases come directly from Greek mythology? Here are twelve! 1. To harp- to talk/write tediously and persistently on a particular topic. 2. Someone or something that looks too good to be true, a charismatic devil. 3. A virus that gets into a computer disguised as a friendly program. 4. Subject to sudden or unexpected changes in mood. 5. Love free from romantic interest. 6. A tragic weakness or flaw. 7.
The good fortune of having everything associated flourish. 8. An experienced and trusted advisor. 9. An ideal, handsome human being, usually male. 10. Passionate rage. 11. Mortal enemy. 12. A crippling fear. These and many more words and phrases come from Greek Mythology. Adventures in Literacy Land: Tackling Text Complexity. I recently attended a literacy workshop where we discussed text complexity. I had a few "ah-ha" moments during the session that I'd like to share with you today.
Text complexity is something many teachers struggle with when selecting reading material for their students. We want a "just right" fit, a book that will engage students and provide the appropriate amount of challenge. There are three aspects of text complexity we should consider: Quantitative Measures Quantitative measures look at the readability of the text based on syllables per word, words per sentence, and so forth. When determining how difficult a text is, most teachers use a book leveling system of one sort or another. Qualitative Measures Qualitative Measures consider the quality of the text by evaluating the text structure, language, complexity of the ideas in the text, and knowledge demands on the reader.
A text's qualitative measures rely on our professional expertise. Reader and Task Considerations Need more? Grades 3-8 ELA Curriculum: Appendix 1: Protocols and Resources | EngageNY. Popular Topics - Articles & Videos - Choice Literacy.