Sentences with phrase «build close reading skills»

With the right tools, we can build close reading skills even with our youngest readers.

Students learn through the following tasks: - Gauging and collaborating previous knowledge through an interactive starter task; - Identifying the descriptive devices in sentences written about 19th Century characters; - Building close reading skills through a study of a fiction extract from Frankenstein - Answering exam - style questions interpreting and inferring the key meanings in the text; - Using models and templates to write extended analysis responses about the descriptive language used in the fiction extract; - Peer assessing their partners» learning attempts.

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A second goal was to build students» reading and writing skills, with particular focus on close reading.

And they are building close - reading skills and don't even realize it.

For example, teachers can choose nonfiction articles for students to practice close reading using skills activities — like highlighting and tagging to cite text evidence — built into each article.»

I knew I had to develop a way to reduce their inhibitions, build their close - reading skills, front load information about the play, and make it fun and inviting at the same time.

Built - in nonfiction articles from great partners keep students engaged as they practice close - reading skills activities like highlighting and tagging.

The chapters and concepts build on each other and were designed to help students master close reading skills.

Build strong reading skills and close gaps for struggling readers, special education students and intervention learners in grades 3 and up with Achieve3000's new age - appropriate foundational literacy solution.

By providing grade - appropriate texts at each student's individual reading level, and then following up with direct instruction around grade - level complex text, educators can help students to build the close - reading skills needed to master more challenging materials.

WondersWorks rapidly accelerates students back to grade - level standards and promotes literacy by building foundational skills, developing close reading skills, providing differentiated instruction with scaffolded support, and informing instruction through assessment.

Additional ASCD Publications Available in February In addition to 17,000 Classroom Visits Can't Be Wrong, ASCD has released a new professional development publication that covers close reading and two ASCD Arias titles that focus on building students» critical thinking, research, and problem - solving skills.