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"Our 111,455 teachers know that nothing is more important to a democracy than a well-informed electorate."

Descriptions of a number of reading strategies

Scaffold student understanding of text usingthe following ideas and strategies that I have briefly described below. Many of these strategies are suitable for secondary as well as elementary students. I have researched links and materials to additional information about each strategy and have provided downloads to worksheets that you can print to provide students with support for many of the strategies.

Parents need to know that this site, which supplements the TIME for Kids magazine, is a safe and wonderfully eye-opening place for kids to hang out online. Although there are versions of the TIME for Kids magazine for grade-schoolers, the site is more for tweens and up since articles give frank facts (while leaving out disturbing details) about things like political assassinations and social injustices.

"Exemplar Text Supports K-12 One of the challenges in providing students with the most significant disabilities with access to the general curriculum is finding materials that link directly to the grade level content, but are written at a level that is accessible. As part of the DLM™ project we have been building a library of companion texts that go with the exemplar texts"

"Students of all ability levels should have the opportunity to access and experience literacy designed to help them learn new skills or review current abilities.  Adapting literacy activities is one method used to make books accessible."

"Newsela will publish Post articles at five reading levels for 2nd-12th grade readers, including the original version exactly as it appears in the print or online edition of The Washington Post. All articles from The Washington Post are available at https://newsela.com/~washingtonpost."

"Newsela is an innovative way to build reading comprehension with nonfiction that's always relevant: daily news. It's easy and amazing. Register now to see the impact Newsela can have on your classroom."

"Here's what's possible tomorrow: Your students are reading (and learning from) stories and articles they couldn't understand today. Each student is working with different high-interest material. Our exclusive Learning Sessions are actively teaching them their own customized word lists. Students are typing, listening, and learning words in context at the speed that's right for them. At Educator Central, you get detailed information that drives smart teaching decisions: learning errors, reading time, and more. Instead of typing and grading, you're designing interventions, putting resources where they're needed, and fostering achievement and learning."

Interactive geography and history activities for all grade levels

Not just social studies . Leveled reading comprehension passages, too

Since 1995: 255 topics, researched, authored Freely accessible without registration and tracking of individuals Consistent format & navigation Independent & non-affiliated 39 language translations by native speakers

News presented in a kid-friendly format, TIME For Kids is a weekly classroom news magazine that motivates kids to read! Issues cover a wide range of real-world topics kids love to learn about - and it's the best nonfiction text you'll find! 

"Rewordify.com helps more people read more, and it helps teachers teach more effectively. It simplifies English and builds vocabulary in new ways. Visit "

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When learning something new, it's nice to have more than one resource to explore. This web project provides "four to eXplore" for each topic. On each page you'll find definitions, activities, the 4 good starting points, and many more links and resources f

Rewordify.com is powerful, free, online reading comprehension software. It helps people understand difficult English faster, and helps them learn words in new ways.

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