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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Pre Reading Classroom activities

Below is a guided reading actitivy this is helpful for classroom teachers to monitor student skills in comprehension and fluencey.

Pre Reading Activity

KWL charts is helpful for students to write what they Know, Want to know and what they have Learned. This is a great for teachers to implement a activity for a unit of study. Below is a video clip of a teacher using a KWL chart, this is a great tool that is useful for all students with different learning styles!

Welcome!

Welcome to my blog!! I am going to post literacy strategies for grades 4-12 along with classroom activities that gets students engaged in their work!



Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Pre- Reading Skills

Pre Reading skills is  important for students to  become a better reader. During pre reading it is important for teachers  to introduce students to new vocabulary  or other unusal features about the text. This helps students become more involved in the lesson and  helps eliminate vocabulary issues.