by imavexadmin | Mar 9, 2018 | [Reading]
Integrate Excerpts into Comprehension Instruction Mar 9, 2018 | [Reading] State and national reading assessments don’t ask students questions about entire novels. Rather, they typically provide excerpts from longer texts. Students are presented these texts with...
by imavexadmin | Feb 19, 2018 | [Reading]
Skim and Slim Portions of a Novel Feb 19, 2018 | [Reading] FAQ: Is there a way to speed up the reading of an in-class novel? ANSWER: Standards require teaching comprehension skills and strategies — not just reading texts and asking questions. However, when a...
by imavexadmin | Apr 18, 2017 | [Reading]
Compare a Book to its Movie Version Apr 18, 2017 | [Reading] While most of us may be guilty of showing students an entire movie version after we’ve finished a book, let’s consider a more powerful option for using this multi-modal text. Instead, provide...
by imavexadmin | Jan 23, 2015 | [Reading]
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