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.
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Posted on: April 7, 2020
Writing an Objective Summary
With this resource that includes a graphic organizer, children follow a step-by-step set of instructions that leads them to write an objective summary of a text. The summary does not include any opinions or judgments.
Supporting Your Children's and Teens' Home Learning: Retelling a Story Using a Graphic Organizer
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Posted on: March 31, 2020
Children can practice their comprehension skills using this approach and our included graphic organizer.
Sequencing Graphic Organizer
Children can use this graphic organizer for recording the characters, settings, and events of a story. This graphic organizer can be used to help your child identify the elements while reading or listening to a story.
Student Generation of Higher-Order Questions
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Posted on: January 9, 2018
Generating higher-order questions about text benefits students reading comprehension and critical thinking skills. Model this skill for students and provide practice and feedback.
Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy Anchor Chart
This anchor chart (Vanderbilt University Teaching Center, 2016) illustrates and describes the levels of the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy (Anderson & Kratwohl, 2010). Both students and teachers can use this resource.
Important Elements of Literary Texts Anchor Chart
Students may use this anchor chart to formulate questions about important elements of literary texts.
Why is it Important to Ask Good Questions? (Anchor Chart)
This anchor chart provides examples of students’ responses when asked to consider how they will use question generation inside and outside of the classroom.
Student Classification of Questions: A First Step in Question Generation
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Posted on: December 12, 2017
Teach students to classify questions about a text as higher-order or lower-order questions before generating their own questions.
Higher-order Questions Checklist
Students can use this checklist to classify and generate higher-order questions about a text. These types of questions require analyzing or evaluating the text or creating something new.