Think Outside the Book: Create Context with Reading Treks
Resource Materials:
In this section of the Resources Page you will find reference materials, tutorials and how-to information that will help you review or extend your knowledge from the presentation.
Resources
- Webinar Archive: Engage and Inspire with Reading Treks
- TeachersFirst Reading Treks
- Article: 8 Fun Ways to Use Google Maps for Content Based ESL Instruction
- Wakelet Collection: Best Free Image Sources
Tutorial Videos
In-the-Classroom:
Our In-the-Classroom section is where you will find ideas and examples on how to integrate the tools shared into classroom instruction.
Using Primary Sources & Historical Context to Bring Depth to the Story
- Pairing Picture Books and Primary Sources: Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey
- The Importance of Historic Context in Analysis and Interpretation
- Traveling the Novel, Learning & Leading with Technology 36, no. 6 (2009): 34-35
Building Background Knowledge
- 21 Ways to Build Background Knowledge—and Make Reading Skills Soar
- Building Background Knowledge
- Background knowledge, curriculum, and socioeconomic status
- Building background knowledge for academic achievement: Research on what works in schools.
- Teaching Reading Comprehension to Children of Poverty
- Background Knowledge and Reading Comprehension
- Why American Students Haven’t Gotten Better at Reading in 20 Years
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