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Lesson Plan Graphic Organizers for Reading Comprehension Students can use these printables to visualize how ideas fit together, and you can use them to identify the strengths and weaknesses of your students' thought processes. Graphic organizers help students construct meaning. The following learning tools can be used with any book and across all grade levels.

Interesting way to organize your independent reading time everyday.

A variety of strategies to use to analyze author choices. Strategies examined include close reading, interrupted reading and collaboration. QPA is also discussed in the high school ELA lesson.

By making Thinking Notes, or metacognative markers, consistent between students when they are reading, you prepare them for a better discussion of the text. Watch how to use this simple strategy to help your students better understand texts.

Edmodo can be incorporated into classrooms through a variety of applications including Reading, Assignments, Collaboration. Current uses include posting assignments, creating polls for student responses, embedding video clips, and simply a venue for students and teachers to exchange messages on when to meet up at each others houses for "learning"

Multicultural literacy site that has great activities for vocabulary building, reading, history, arts and crafts, and much more.

rich website that has resources for literacy education

Reading fluency website. Has worksheets coloring pages, flash cards , songs , activities, videos.

Many wonderful free children's books are available to read at Children's Storybooks Online. Stories span age ranges from preschool, young children, teens, through young adult.

computer literacy games for students. Subjects are cognitive development, creative development, reading, and more

Op Ed article about the role of educational games in the classroom.

A resource for teachers and an opportunity to join as a member

NPR news article examines pros and cons of Common Core Standards in English.  (radio recording and transcript)

Offers workshop to teachers who work with latino parents and there children in building regular family reading. Lectura Books the only bilingual book publisher dedicated to parent involvement

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