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Five close reading strategies to support the Common Core. I walked in to my first college class, Political Science 101, eager to learn.

Five close reading strategies to support the Common Core

For my inaugural college assignment, my professor asked the class to read the first three chapters of the textbook for the next class period. That night, I returned to my dorm room, determined to learn everything I could in those three chapters. I pulled out my textbook and highlighter. Growing up, that is what I always saw the “older kids” using when they read a textbook. In my naïve 18-year-old mind, I believed that highlighters must have some magical power that transports the words on the page directly to your brain. Five close reading strategies to support the Common Core. Close Reading. | Elementary School Passages and Lessons | | Middle School Passages and Lessons | | High School Passages and Lessons | |How to Teach Close Reading| 21 Cool Anchor Charts To Teach Close Reading Skills Posters to introduce or reinforce skill development.

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The Art of Close Reading Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 These three articles from How to Read a Paragraph analyze what students must do and what they must avoid doing in order to read a text effectively. Bringing the Common Core Standards to Life in the Classroom Scroll to page 3 of this document for a discussion of close reading and the PARCC assessments and for discussion of the G.I.S.T. and "Somebody Wanted But So" strategies. Close Reading Jigsaw In this YouTube video (2:30) a teacher demonstrates close reading in the elementary school classroom using a jigsaw strategy.

Close Reading of a Literary Passage This handout lists 6 basic strategies students should use to while reading closely. Home - Media: Meaning & Message - Digital Learning Commons at South Portland High School. "Media literacy is the ability to ACCESS, ANALYZE, EVALUATE, CREATE, and ACT using all forms of communication.

Home - Media: Meaning & Message - Digital Learning Commons at South Portland High School

" National Association for Media Literacy Education "Media Literacy is a 21st century approach to education. It provides a framework to access, analyze, evaluate, create and participate with messages in a variety of forms — from print to video to the Internet. Media literacy builds an understanding of the role of media in society as well as essential skills of inquiry and self-expression necessary for citizens of a democracy. " Center for Media Literacy. What is Native Advertising? Definition & Examples. With Outbrain Content Amplify , links to your brand’s content appear as recommendations on the web's largest content publishers, including sites like: If you have a great blog post, a terrific review from the press or an influencer, a video, or content you co-created with a publisher, Outbrain can help your content get discovered.

What is Native Advertising? Definition & Examples

The Outbrain Interest Graph, which taps into a deep reservoir of unique content consumption data from across our network, allows us to personalize recommendations for each audience member. Plus, Outbrain optimizes on engagement, so the more interesting your content and the more visitors you drive, the more you will be recommended around the web. Researchers find students have trouble judging the credibility of information online. Education scholars say youth are duped by sponsored content and don't always recognize political bias of social messages.

researchers find students have trouble judging the credibility of information online

When it comes to evaluating information that flows across social channels or pops up in a Google search, young and otherwise digital-savvy students can easily be duped, finds a new report from researchers at Stanford Graduate School of Education. The report, released this week by the Stanford History Education Group (SHEG), shows a dismaying inability by students to reason about information they see on the Internet, the authors said.