Effective Literacy Lesson: Teaching Identification of Cause and Effect Relationships in Texts
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Posted on: April 27, 2021
This video demonstration explains the importance of this comprehension skill and how to teach it.
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Posted on: April 27, 2021
Cause and Effect Graphic Organizer
Students can be taught to use this graphic organizer to identify and record events that occur in a text (effect) and the reason why that event occurred (cause).
Supporting Your Children’s and Teens’ Home Learning: Dyslexia and Writing: How Can Caregivers Help?
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Posted on: November 3, 2020
Help overcome the writing frustrations of children with dyslexia by using a handful of approaches and incorporating assistive technology.
Supporting Your Children’s and Teens’ Home Learning: Using Context Clues to Understand New Words
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Posted on: October 20, 2020
Learn three types of context clues for understanding vocabulary in a text and download a graphic organizer for children and teens to use when reading.
Context Clue Graphic Organizer
Students can identify and keep track of context clues using this graphic organizer by writing down the unfamiliar word, the type of context clue, and the word meaning. Context clues help readers determine the meaning of new words.
Supporting Your Children’s and Teens’ Home Learning: Paired Oral Reading
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Posted on: July 7, 2020
Children can work on reading fluency and comprehension while reading along with a caregiver.
Supporting Your Children’s and Teens’ Home Learning: Using a K-W-L Chart to Activate Background Knowledge
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Posted on: May 12, 2020
Use this approach to build knowledge about a topic while reading a book at home.
K-W-L Chart
This chart can be filled out by children when reading at home in order to support activation of background knowledge about the topic of a text they are reading. This is intended to help them better understand the text.
Supporting Your Children’s and Teens’ Home Learning: Use of Assistive Technology
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Posted on: May 5, 2020
Apps and extensions can help children who are struggling at home with reading and writing tasks.
Supporting Your Children’s and Teens’ Home Learning: Educational Video Programming and Literacy Learning
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Posted on: April 21, 2020
Three tips to keep in mind while watching TV as a home learning activity.