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"You Can't Learn Much from Books You Can't Read Richard L. Allington Many students in grades 5-12 struggle to learn from content-area textbooks that don't match their reading levels."

"The Best Resources For Learning About Formative Assessment"

"Favorite Determining-Importance Lesson Ideas Determining important ideas and information in text is central to making sense of reading and moving toward insight... When we teach the strategy of determining importance, we often introduce it in nonfiction. They go together. Nonfiction reading is reading to learn. Simply put, readers of nonfiction have to decide and remember what is important in the texts they read if they are going to learn anything from them. Strategies That Work, Harvey & Goudvis."

Fostering High Levels of Reading and Learning in Secondary Students An Invited Commentary Michael F. Graves University of Minnesota

"Reading Comprehension Strategies in Science" Do your middle school students not complete reading assignments or not comprehend them when they do? Is student motivation an issue you struggle with? Do you feel that your students need assistance comprehending the textbook? These issues are quite common in the middle grades. As students mature, they are faced with increasingly difficult text and many situations in which they must learn content by reading.

"Reading Response Logs": pictures of different ways to use reading response assessments for learning

"Listed below are a variety of graphic organizers that can be used with students in accelerating, acquiring or extending/refining learning. These tools should be used to help students engage in rigorous thinking, organize complex ideas, and scaffold their interactions with texts. They should not be used simply as worksheets or activities for their own sake."

"Making Thinking Visible by David Perkins "

"Reading Across the Curriculum"