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Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech: Study Skills Checklist

For Students 9th - 10th
Survey-style checklist that asks the students several questions in order to evaluate his/her study skills. The questions are categorized so the student can tell where to focus in order to maximize study time.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Multiple Choice: Using the Process of Elimination

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on answering multiple choice questions using the process of elimination. The first step is to understand the question, and then eliminate the choices you know are incorrect. It then provides a list of questions to ask...
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Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Classroom Strategies: Partner Reading

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Partner Reading is a cooperative learning strategy in which two students work together to read an assigned text. This strategy is often used as part of the Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS). PALS is a classwide peer tutoring...
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Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Classroom Strategies: Paragraph Shrinking

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Paragraph Shrinking is an activity developed as part of the Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS). PALS is a classwide peer tutoring program in which teachers carefully partner a student with a classmate. The Paragraph Shrinking...
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Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Use Cooperative Learning Groups to Engage Learners

For Teachers 9th - 10th
When teachers structure cooperative learning groups as part of the overall reading program, they also open the door to a multiple intelligences approach to literacy, which is inherent in cooperative learning. This article offers guidance...
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Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Effects of Intensive Reading Intervention of Decoding Skills

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This article summarizes a study that evaluated the effectiveness of intensive instruction in the Word Identification Strategy, a learning strategy for decoding multi-syllabic words. Results indicate that intense strategy instruction...
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Lesson Plan
Read Works

Read Works: Genre 4th Grade Unit: Strategies for Identifying Genres

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which students use books from the classroom library to learn strategies that can be utilized to determine the genre of a book and to understand how knowing the genre before reading can aid...
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Professional Doc
PBS

Colorin Colorado: Connect Students' Background Knowledge to Content

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this article, teachers will learn strategies for connecting with students' background knowledge to engage ELL students. Research is used to support the strategies, and web links are provided for additional resources to support...
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Lesson Plan
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson: The Key to Keywords: Grades 3 5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn strategies to increase the accuracy of their keyword searches. They compare the number and kinds of sites obtained and make inferences about the effectiveness of the strategies. Free membership required.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Polish Tone, Style, and Figurative Language

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, you will learn strategies for evaluating and revising the tone, style, and figurative language in an essay. It also includes practice exercises.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Parallelism of Details

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, you will learn strategies for evaluating and revising an essay so that similar grammatical structures in sentences, phrases, and paragraphs are parallel.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Strengthen Sentence Variety and Sentence Combining

For Students 9th - 10th
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, you will learn strategies for evaluating the quality of the sentences in an essay and making changes to achieve greater sentence variety and effectiveness.
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Lesson Plan
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Scams and Schemes: Grades 6 8

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn strategies for guarding against identity theft and scams that try to access their private information online. Students learn what identity theft is, what kinds of information identity thieves want, and what can be done...
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Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: The Components of Effective Vocabulary Instruction

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Effective vocabulary instruction begins with diverse opportunities for word learning: wide reading, high-quality oral language, word consciousness, explicit instruction of specific words, and independent word-learning strategies. This...
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Article
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Writing Skills: Introduction to Building Common Ground

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This introduction discusses the need for researching your audience and learn strategies to find common ground.
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Lesson Plan
Federal Reserve Bank

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: Katrina's Classroom: Lesson 3: A Fresh Start

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson examines the benefits and importance of access to credit. Using hands-on learning strategies and internet resources, students will calculate simple interest, learn about different types of credit, evaluate a credit card...
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Unit Plan
Other

Literary Explorer: Macbeth

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Literary Explorer features a language arts unit on William Shakespeare's "Macbeth." Includes teaching and learning strategies for this powerful play.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: An Engine Without Brakes

For Students 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a boy named Alex who learns strategies to help him deal with his hyperactivity. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Article
Other

Effective Decoding Instruction for Diverse Learners: Alphabetic Principle

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
What is the definition of alphabetic principle? This site focuses on the stages of effective decoding for all types of students and learning strategies.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: The Writing Process: Generate Ideas and Questions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Learn strategies to help you generate questions and ideas about a topic.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Relevant Information and Valid Inferences (English I Writing)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Learn strategies for evaluating and revising an essay so that it contains relevant information and valid inferences.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Parallelism of Details (English I Writing)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn strategies for evaluating and revising an essay so that similar grammatical structures in sentences, phrases, and paragraphs are parallel.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Strengthen Sentence Variety and Sentence Combining

For Students 9th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Learn strategies for evaluating and combining sentences to create sentence variety when you revise an essay.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Generate Ideas and Questions

For Students 9th Standards
Learn strategies to help you generate questions and ideas about a topic.

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