Teach and Practice Writing Skills With a Writing Prompt Guide
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Posted on: September 8, 2020
Introducing the new IRRC resource to help students, teachers, and caregivers better understand and work with effective writing prompts.
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Posted on: September 8, 2020
Understanding and Responding to Writing Prompts Guide
Learn about different writing prompts, the five components of a writing prompt, and the writing skills to be taught in order for students to respond to prompts of different genres.
Young Adult Literature Guide - For Books Published 1974-2003
This guide developed by Iowa Reading Research Center Director Dr. Deborah K. Reed includes over 20 recommended books with summaries, difficulty level and interest level ratings, instructional information, sources of information related to the book, and more.
Young Adult Literature Guide - For Books Published 1974-2003
Find Books for Teens for Use at School or at Home With a Young Adult Literature Guide
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Posted on: August 25, 2020
Learn how the guide can help you plan reading and learning opportunities for your teens.
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: Identifying Themes in Literary Text
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Posted on: April 28, 2020
Families can help their adolescents practice this comprehension skill as they look for clues in the text.
Theme Development Tracker
Adolescents can use this resource to identify themes in literary texts and record textual details that introduce and develop the themes.
Supporting Your Children’s and Teens’ Home Learning: A Guide for Families
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Posted on: April 14, 2020
The IRRC’s Supporting Your Children's and Teen's Home Learning Guide provides web resources by subject area and for assistive technology use, as well as tips for a successful home learning approach.
Supporting Your Children's and Teens' Home Learning Guide
In order to support families as schools provide virtual instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic, this guide offers tips on establishing home learning areas, improving the home-based learning experience, and utilizing web resources for students kindergarten-Grade 6 and Grades 7-12 in the subjects of English-language arts, science, social studies, and history. Web resources for assistive technology for home learning are also included for students with reading disabilities.
Supporting Your Children's and Teens' Home Learning: Writing an Objective Summary
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Posted on: April 7, 2020
Teach and practice this high-leverage skill at home with the help of our resource.