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How the Language Really Works: Restatement
Choosing when to read for simple comprehension is the focus of this brief article.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Establishing Expectations
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides an explanation about the importance of setting high expectations for students. Goal-setting related to reading independently is included in the module. An example of a school-wide reading...
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Papa Jan: Five Essential Components of Reading
Can you name the five essential components of reading? Check out this informative site from Papa Jan.com to learn more about phonemic awareness, phonics, reading fluency, vocabulary development and reading comprehension.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Reading With Your Purpose in Mind
This lesson explains how to read with purpose in mind. This tutorial shares a short audio lesson [1:48] and supplemental notes with the lesson's content.
BBC
Bbc Bitesize Revision: Some Purposes of Reading
As part of a review and close reading section of BBC Bitesize, this site presents an overview of various purposes of reading, including a five-bullet point explanation of reading purposes. Click the Next button for more information.
Other
Nsw Department of Education: Reading for a Purpose
Short discussion of teaching students the importance of why they are reading a particular text. Also provides some commentary from a teacher who used this method and an example of some questions students wanted to answer from a...