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Study Guide
University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Teaching Strategies (Reading) [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
Printable, fifty-five page PDF file of a staff development manual containing strategies for teaching reading. Includes chapters on vocabulary, main ideas and supporting details, author's purpose, chronological order, plot and conflict...
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Primary
Other

The Secret Origin of Good Readers [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This downloadable .pdf explains the research on graphic novels (comic books) as well as offering practical suggestions for classroom lessons and other resources. This is a large file, so it may take a few moments for this to load.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Charting Characters for a More Complete Understanding

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for one 60-minute lesson that teaches about a reading strategy called Character Perspective Charting. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contains links to PDF handouts and links to...
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Unit Plan
University of South Florida

Fcat Reading Grade 4: Teaching Strategies

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This is a great resource that concentrates strategies and student activities in one place in an easy to use format, and can be navigated easily. Find great examples of probable passage, selective underlining, and semantic feature...
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Lesson Plan
Free Reading

Free Reading: Amplify Education, Inc.: Introduce Reading Connected Text

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
An exciting introduction to reading! The instructor writes a simple, one-line story on the board from literature, and the students learn to sound out the words.
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Professional Doc
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Workshops: Teaching Reading 3 5

For Students 3rd - 5th
This instructional workshop provides eight sessions on teaching reading in intermediate classrooms: "Creating Contexts for Learning," "Fluency and Word Study," "Building Comprehension," "Writing," "New Literacies of the Internet,"...
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Professional Doc
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Complete "Red Book Series" Focused on Reading Instruction

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This binder provides copies of the original "Red Book Series" titles and links to online resources created for today's classrooms. Educators can access basic research about reading, view videos, download lesson plans, and learn how to...
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Website
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Reading Basics

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Provides a wealth of basic information on how to teach kids to read. Covers print awareness, sounds of speech, phonemic awareness, phonics and decoding, fluency, vocabulary, and lots more.
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Professional Doc
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Teaching Reading: Expert Interviews

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learn from nationally known researchers and experts in literacy and early education. Topics include phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, spelling, comprehension, writing, summer learning, early childhood education, dyslexia, and more.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Nsw Department of Education and Training: Picture This [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Reading unit plan focusing on picture books. It contains ten days worth of teaching suggestions that use a variety of reading strategies including modeled as well as independent reading and writing. Also includes five printable...
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eBook
Other

3 D Issue: On the Same Page by Janet Allen Intro Section

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Intro section (front material, introduction, Chapter 1) of Janet Allen's book On the Same Page: Shared Reading Beyond the Primary Grades which includes teaching strategies, philosophies, student samples, and photographs.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Shhh! Bear's Sleeping: Learning About Nonfiction and Fiction

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students explore the distinction between the fiction story Bear Snores On and the nonfiction book Every Autumn Comes the Bear.
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Professional Doc
Other

National Writing Project

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
The National Writing Project site offers online articles as well as abstracts and reviews of books on such topics as teaching writing, teaching reading, encouraging writing, being a writer and standards and assessment.
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Professional Doc
University of Oregon

Big Ideas in Beginning Reading

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
The goal for teachers from the academic content standards is every child to be reading by 3rd grade. This site will help teachers to teach the "big ideas" in reading: phonemic awareness, alphabetic principle, fluency with text,...
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Website
Virginia Tech

Survival as a Bridge to at Risk Readers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
If you're looking for a way to appeal to at-risk readers, while integrating various curriculum areas, this article is full of ideas.
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Website
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Education: Reading Rockets: Topics a to Z

For Students K - 1st
Teaching reading is a complex process that draws upon an extensive knowledge base and repertoire of strategies. Find out more about best practices in reading instruction and how best to prepare teachers for today's classrooms.
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Article
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Activities for Struggling Readers

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
How can you help the struggling readers in your classroom? This site offers some insight into activities to help develop your students reading skills.
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Article
Other

Nclr: The Essentials of Teaching Reading

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Find out what the essentials are for teaching reading. This site provides vital information for teachers in developing the most successful reading program for their students.
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Unit Plan
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Reading 101: A Guide to Teaching Reading and Writing

For Teachers K - 1st
Reading 101 is a self-paced professional development course for K-3 teachers. It presents some of the core information that teachers need to help young children learn to read and write well and to support the children who struggle. The...