Sentences with phrase «students reading passages»

To test temptation, half of the students read a passage about God and half read a passage unrelated to God.

The full version records the student reading the passage.

Students read passages from Scott Anderson's «Fractured Lands» and analyze the characterization of Wakaz Hassan, a former ISIS fighter, in order to understand how authors illustrate the complexity of a particular topic.

In the late 1980s, professors Donna Recht of Cardinal Stritch University and Lauren Leslie of Marquette University gave junior high school students a reading passage about baseball and then asked them questions about the passage.

Students read passages multiple times as various group, partner, and individual activities are completed.

This book contains leveled reading passages so you can do running records as your students read the passages and tons of word lists and assessments that you can use to informally evaluate readers in your classroom.

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I'm reading NFIB v. Sebelius (the Obamacare decision) in preparation for teaching the case to my constitutional law students and came across the following most interesting passage in in Justice Ginsburg's opinion: «A mandate to purchase a particular product would be unconstitutional if, for example, the edict impermissibly abridged the freedom of speech, interfered with the free exercise of religion, or infringed on a liberty interest protected by the Due Process Clause.»

I led my students in silent Bible reading and reflection to start each day, with little more guidance than passage suggestions.

At the Accra High school assembly hall, which was packed with over 500 energetic and enthusiastic high school students who were already in reading mode as they prepare for their exams next week, said they were eager to talk about their own ambitions and to read passages from The Fishermen.

A new version of the SAT has longer and harder reading passages and more words in math problems, which some educators and college admissions officers to fear will penalize students who have not been exposed to a lot of reading, or who speak a different language at home — like immigrants and the poor.

One fourth of the students were told to type everything they remembered from a passage they read about sea otters.

The study, published recently in the journal Memory & Cognition, is based on a series of reading - and - recall experiments in which one group of students is told they will be tested on a selection of written material, and another group is led to believe they are preparing to teach the passage to another student.

The team recorded 64 Scottish undergraduate students (32 males and 32 females) reading an unfamiliar passage which included a telephone conversation.

Soon after reading this passage I became a student of the metaphysical text A Course in Miracles and began to unlearn my false perception of myself.

In fact, First Reformed plays so much like old - school Schrader, you might confuse it for the work of a dutiful grad student: Once again, we get a tortured Travis Bickle voiceover (Hawke's Ernst Toller keeps a journal from which, in between hitting the sauce, he reads passages like «I know there is no hope»); here, too, is a troubled woman who needs saving (Amanda Seyfried, playing a character named Mary), and Toller's own memories of his soldier son, killed in Iraq.

Working with elementary students learning English as a second language, Georgia teacher Melissa Smith shares reading passages that demonstrate how writers choose their words carefully to help readers create brain movies.

Although I spent only about five minutes with each student every two weeks, I made those interactions meaningful and constructive through various strategies, from asking the student to read his or her favorite short passage out loud to me (helping me assess reading level) to asking the student what the text meant (again, giving me insights into his or her abilities).

Recommend that as you read the selected passage, students create their own brain movies based on the text by imagining the characters, setting, and action.

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There are 5 easy to read reading passages, 4 comprehension pages, and a flip book with spaces for student answers that closely follow the reading passages.

Traditional comprehension assessments might have asked students to read a passage and answer two simple questions.

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.

These HIGH INTEREST reading passages are geared toward grade level students and older students reading at a lower level.

Reading passages aloud and verbalizing questions you would mentally ask while reading can be a great benefit to stReading passages aloud and verbalizing questions you would mentally ask while reading can be a great benefit to streading can be a great benefit to students.

Structured Practice might take the form of Read - Around Groups (RAGs), in which students in each group read the papers of each of the other groups, select the best one, and mark strong passages in the marRead - Around Groups (RAGs), in which students in each group read the papers of each of the other groups, select the best one, and mark strong passages in the marread the papers of each of the other groups, select the best one, and mark strong passages in the margin.

Poster # 2 - Timeline # 3 - Reading Passages # 4 - Synonym Match and Phrase Match # 5 - Fill - In the Blanks # 6 - Choose the Correct Word Spelling # 7 - Put the Text Back Together Scrambled Sentences # 8 - Discussion # 9 - Student Survey # 10 - Writing # 11 - Homework # 12 - Answers # 13 - Reflection on MLK's Values *** Please see the thumbnails and preview for this resource before purchasing this product.

Later, in higher grades, reading comprehension sessions are crafted to teach students how to analyze short stories and information — based passages.

Initial sessions of reading comprehension classes designed for students in grades 1 and 2 comprise of reading aloud stories or passages to students, which help them expand their vocabulary.

In science class, students read a science - based text, fill in the target words left blank in the passage, and then discuss it.

Technology supports the use of quizzes and exercises based on the passage or story students have read.

We've used this tool in the classroom as a fluency - building device, having students read the same passage multiple times, increasing their speed when they feel comfortable.

Students can read through the passage together or alone, taking note of the prominent tense.

The passage reads, «Our [U.S.] students face the lowest amount of high - stakes, mandated, and criterion - referenced testing in the world.

Then, one at a time, students will share with their group's Rep what they learned from reading their text passage.

In teaching reading, inform the student of critical errors, namely those that alter the meaning of the passage, and ignore less important errors.

Read the passage aloud to students and have them draw what they hear).

A student won't perform well on a reading assessment if the content in the passage — American television shows or local history, for example — is something she's unfamiliar with.

Maybe you'll need a creation tool to help students demonstrate their understanding of a food chain, or an app that gives students access to short passages for a reading unit on informational text.

We supplemented the state tests with an assessment requiring students to read a passage and then write short - answer responses to questions about the passage.

When an instruction supervisor in Pascack Valley, New Jersey, asked what widely held practice literacy teachers should stop doing, Pamela Mason, M.A.T.» 70, Ed.D.» 75, director of the Jeanne Chall Reading Lab and a senior lecturer, recommended that teachers stop round - robin reading, the practice where students take turns reading passages ouReading Lab and a senior lecturer, recommended that teachers stop round - robin reading, the practice where students take turns reading passages oureading, the practice where students take turns reading passages oureading passages out loud.

*** Includes 129 original reading passages and comprehension questions *** *** Includes 30 fluency passages *** *** Includes 11 Reading Posters *** - character, setting, realism and fantasy, main idea and details, cause and effect, author's purpose, compare and contrast, sequence, plot, theme, and drawing conclusions *** Includes four level charts for teachers, parents, or students, so that they can keep track of their progress *** *** Includes a roster - words correct per minute for each student / child for fall / winter / spring *** Skills addressed in this resource: # 1 - think and search # 2 - author and me # 3 - analyze text structure # 4 - identify setting # 5 - identify character # 6 - identify plot # 7 - make and confirm predictions # 8 - cause and effect # 9 - compare and contrast # 10 - retell # 11 - classify and categorize # 12 - alliteration # 13 - rhyme and rhythmic patterns # 14 - onomatopoeia # 15 - similes # 16 - repetition and word choice # 17 - sensory language # 18 - study skills # 19 - text features # 20 - genres This is GREAT practice for testing while also providing a lot of fluency prreading passages and comprehension questions *** *** Includes 30 fluency passages *** *** Includes 11 Reading Posters *** - character, setting, realism and fantasy, main idea and details, cause and effect, author's purpose, compare and contrast, sequence, plot, theme, and drawing conclusions *** Includes four level charts for teachers, parents, or students, so that they can keep track of their progress *** *** Includes a roster - words correct per minute for each student / child for fall / winter / spring *** Skills addressed in this resource: # 1 - think and search # 2 - author and me # 3 - analyze text structure # 4 - identify setting # 5 - identify character # 6 - identify plot # 7 - make and confirm predictions # 8 - cause and effect # 9 - compare and contrast # 10 - retell # 11 - classify and categorize # 12 - alliteration # 13 - rhyme and rhythmic patterns # 14 - onomatopoeia # 15 - similes # 16 - repetition and word choice # 17 - sensory language # 18 - study skills # 19 - text features # 20 - genres This is GREAT practice for testing while also providing a lot of fluency prReading Posters *** - character, setting, realism and fantasy, main idea and details, cause and effect, author's purpose, compare and contrast, sequence, plot, theme, and drawing conclusions *** Includes four level charts for teachers, parents, or students, so that they can keep track of their progress *** *** Includes a roster - words correct per minute for each student / child for fall / winter / spring *** Skills addressed in this resource: # 1 - think and search # 2 - author and me # 3 - analyze text structure # 4 - identify setting # 5 - identify character # 6 - identify plot # 7 - make and confirm predictions # 8 - cause and effect # 9 - compare and contrast # 10 - retell # 11 - classify and categorize # 12 - alliteration # 13 - rhyme and rhythmic patterns # 14 - onomatopoeia # 15 - similes # 16 - repetition and word choice # 17 - sensory language # 18 - study skills # 19 - text features # 20 - genres This is GREAT practice for testing while also providing a lot of fluency practice!

That kind of talk goes «a long way toward explaining why No Child Left Behind has not worked,» she says, overlooking the fact that gains in math and reading since its passage have amounted to 8 percent of a standard deviation, with even larger gains among minority students (see «Grinding the Antitesting Ax,» check the facts, Spring 2012).

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FOR GOOGLE CLASSROOM Included in this resource: • Title page • Native Americans of the Southwest reading passage with graphic organizer • Application / Closing / Higher Order thinking question • Answer Key for graphic organizer Students will research and analyze the lives and culture of the Native Americans of the Southwest region of the United States: present - day areas, groups, geography / climate, adaptations, cultures / spiritual rituals / roles of men and women Adheres to Social Studies Common Core Standards - research, application, literacy, vocabulary; lifting evidence from text Differentiation: graphic organizer; cooperative (students may work in groups / teams / partner to complete graphic organizer based on teacher's discretion) ★ ★ Looking for the pen and paper, hard - copy version of this rStudents will research and analyze the lives and culture of the Native Americans of the Southwest region of the United States: present - day areas, groups, geography / climate, adaptations, cultures / spiritual rituals / roles of men and women Adheres to Social Studies Common Core Standards - research, application, literacy, vocabulary; lifting evidence from text Differentiation: graphic organizer; cooperative (students may work in groups / teams / partner to complete graphic organizer based on teacher's discretion) ★ ★ Looking for the pen and paper, hard - copy version of this rstudents may work in groups / teams / partner to complete graphic organizer based on teacher's discretion) ★ ★ Looking for the pen and paper, hard - copy version of this resource?

Improve your students / child's reading speed and accuracy with repeated readings of these 1st Grade Fluency passages.

FOR GOOGLE CLASSROOM Included in this resource: • Title page • Do Now / Motivation student - centered question • The Algonquian reading passage with graphic organizer • Application / Closing / Higher Order Thinking Question • Answer Key for Graphic Organizer Students will research how the Algonquian lived: location, tribes, homes, adaptation based on environment, role of women Adheres to Social Studies Common Core Standards - research, application, literacy, vocabulary; lifting evidence from text Differentiation: graphic organizer; cooperative (students may work in groups / teams / partner to complete graphic organizer based on teacher's discretion) ★ ★ Looking for the pen and paper, hard - copy version of this rStudents will research how the Algonquian lived: location, tribes, homes, adaptation based on environment, role of women Adheres to Social Studies Common Core Standards - research, application, literacy, vocabulary; lifting evidence from text Differentiation: graphic organizer; cooperative (students may work in groups / teams / partner to complete graphic organizer based on teacher's discretion) ★ ★ Looking for the pen and paper, hard - copy version of this rstudents may work in groups / teams / partner to complete graphic organizer based on teacher's discretion) ★ ★ Looking for the pen and paper, hard - copy version of this resource?

Students read a section of text to themselves before verbally summarizing the passage to a partner.

She suggests students use Post-it notes to mark passages or pages they want to discuss, or write down a quote or a thought as they're reading to prepare them for the circle discussion.

This pack includes - original passage - Vocabulary fill in sentences for younger students and students who need more structure - Vocabulary for older students to research on their own - Comprehension sheet for close reading the passage This can also be used with a variety of subjects and units including on Black History Month, the Harlem Renaissance, dancing, tap dancing and more!

While CAP had focused exclusively on multiple - choice tests, CLAS asked students to read a poem or passage and respond to questions like: «Pick a part that is especially interesting and explain your reasons,» or «What are your feelings about this poem?»