Instead, students will be expected to determine the experts» opinions in
the assigned reading passages — many of which are non-fiction, «informational texts» — and to regurgitate those views in their answers.
By Robby Soave — Fifth grade students at Fremont Elementary School in Colorado were
assigned a reading passage that describes global warming as a dangerous, man - made phenomenon that will destroy civilization in a few hundred years.
Not exact matches
(The parallel
passage, Luke 12:48, should
read that the wicked servant is
assigned his place with the unfaithful, not with the unbelievers as most translations have it.)
After students finish
reading an
assigned text, they post one of the following on the class website: a genuine question about what they
read and a short attempt to answer it, a
passage that resonated with them and a short explanation of why, or a pattern they identified with a short explanation of what that pattern implies about the whole text.
She was
assigned to a subcommittee whose responsibility was to find
reading comprehension
passages appropriate for 4th graders.
Kirchner and other English teachers say they are
assigning multiple
readings on similar themes so students will be prepared to make connections between different
passages on the PARCC exams.
I am a special education English teacher and although we are not licensed to diagnose a certain behavior or disability, I know that when a child acts up in my class, it is because he / she can not
read the
passage I had just
assigned (also by reviewing and following their IEPs).
The Cloze procedure can help them determine what
passages to
assign students, how long to give them to
read specific
passages, and how much they can expect students to comprehend on their own without additional input from the teacher.
One of the most effective uses of these tests is to help them make decisions about
reading passages that they will be
assigning to their students.
One of the most valuable activities you can perform as an active reader is to make a notation as you
read the
assigned passage.