by imavexadmin | Dec 13, 2016 | [Reading]
Expect Students to Build Their Own Background Knowledge Dec 13, 2016 | [Reading] There’s a lot of information out there on the necessity of building students’ background knowledge as a precursor for comprehension or learning anything new. However, at some...
by imavexadmin | Nov 23, 2015 | [Reading]
Vary Text Types Nov 23, 2015 | [Reading] Imagine a significant event occurs locally or somewhere in the world. Consider how you gather information about that topic. You might watch a televised newscast; that’s a multimodal text. The next morning, you might read...
by imavexadmin | Nov 15, 2011 | [Reading]
Many mini-lesson ideas and literacy strategies we share at Smekens Education workshops include a concrete object, toy, or prop. That little bit of visual reinforcement can engage more students and make your instruction more effective. And one of the simplest visual...
by imavexadmin | Dec 1, 2010 | [Reading]
When first studying a new concept or subject; students can learn a lot about a topic by simply “reading” images. This is also a fabulous pre-reading strategy for students to get in the habit of previewing the visual text features to build background...
