Reading Strategies Resources from TeachersFirst

This collection of reviewed resources includes teaching ideas and sites to promote proven reading strategies of effective readers. Find engaging texts to use as your class focuses on a particular strategy as well as professional resources to improve your own understanding of this research-based approach to building literacy skills. Don't miss "In the classroom" ideas for specific projects or ideas for before, during, and after reading.
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This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics - U.S. Geological Survey
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): earth (183), earthquakes (47), geology (62), plate tectonics (23), volcanoes (55)
In the Classroom
This site is useful as a supplement to a geology unit or for review. Include it on your teacher web page for students to access both in and out of class. It is also a great reference tool when preparing your lesson plans. This is a great site to use when teaching about informational text(s). Open it on an interactive whiteboard and review reading strategies using highlighters and pens as you learn about plate tectonics.Language Arts Presentations - Free Club Web
Grades
K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): air (101), grammar (138), narrative (16), reading comprehension (149), reading strategies (96), shakespeare (99)
In the Classroom
Try these ready-to-go PowerPoint presentations on an interactive whiteboard or projector in your classroom. Some may also be well-suited for individual students to run on a single classroom computer for remediation or review. There are games, resources and a lot of information. The site includes a disclaimer asking to be notified if users find any copyrighted material. TeachersFirst recommends that you NOT download copies but instead use them online, just in case. Share this site with other teachers on your campus as there are some PowerPoints suitable for professional developmnet.Storyline Online - Screen Actors Guild Foundation
Grades
1 to 6tag(s): reading comprehension (149), reading lists (77), reading strategies (96)
In the Classroom
Make the stories a center or use a projector for the whole class to watch the video. Then, share the link on your teacher's web page for students to read it over and over at home. Make sure your speakers are turned up! Depending on the age of your students, once or twice a month, extend student learning by having them participate in a Flip, reviewed here discussion with their peersGravity, reviewed here. Ask them to explain which was their favorite book and why, then have them listen to and comment on their classmates' impressions.Current Events Lesson Plans - Sean Banville
Grades
3 to 8tag(s): differentiation (85), listening (93), news (228), reading comprehension (149), reading strategies (96)
In the Classroom
All news stories are offered in multiple forms: auditory (can be downloaded as a podcast or played on your computer, equipped with speakers), word document, pdf, and on the web page itself. You can play the auditory version for the class or use the print forms to reinforce reading strategies while differentiating using the "easy" and "harder" versions.Activities: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - TeachersFirst
Grades
4 to 8tag(s): harry potter (9), reading strategies (96)
In the Classroom
Share the link on your teacher web page or in a parent newsletter, if you don't have time to do all the activities at school. Ask students to design similar activities to accompany other Harry Potter (or other favorite) books.Dave's ESL Cafe
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): vocabulary development (93), word study (59)