A during reading strategy that is used to help students break down text. Students use post-it notes to mark things they understand and things they do not understand in the textbook.  They use these post-its to fill in a graphic organizer.  When finished reading students share information they've learned as well as information confusing to them.

A before reading strategy to increase student engagement with text and comprehension.  In this strategy students write a paragraph from a list of words given to them by their teacher.  Students must use the words in the order they were given in the list. Students are asked to share their paragraphs with the class.  Then students read the assigned text and make revisions to their original paragraph.

SQ3R (Survey, Question, Read, Recite, and Review) A before, during, and after reading technique to help students break down text to increase comprehension.  

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Ever wanted to add subscripts or superscripts to a google form?  Here is a solution, although it is an annoying solution it does work you just need to copy and past the numbers from this google forum.

Adding clickable links to youtube videos for those of you who are doing the flipped classroom thing.

Here is the google presentation with with someone explaining each bit.... 58 minutes so I would recommend viewing just the bits you want from the presentation (you know by moving the little circle thingy at the bottom).

Check out this cool google presentation. It has 32 ways to use google apps in education. It goes beyond just using it with your students in the classroom by giving you tips on how to become more efficient while utilizing google docs in lesson planning, collaboration, and much more.

Some SMART Board tips... Most of them would be more useful at the elementary level, the quick checker was something new to me and the page recorder I've heard of but have not used yet.

New and Improved! Now enjoy a 100 question answer sheet. Uploading student rosters and ID numbers from Infinite Campus is as simple as can be. No need for scantron and item analysis can be viewed easily using the cloud feature.

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