Embracing Translanguaging in the Classroom with Bilingual Texts
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Posted on: February 28, 2023
Using more than one language supports English learners and helps create an equitable environment.
Literature: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Posted on: February 28, 2023
Activating Background Knowledge Elementary and Middle School Example Lesson Plans
These plans use a famous speech (middle school) and a children's book on frogs (elementary school) as texts and t-chart graphic and semantic web graphic organizers to teach background knowledge. Related blog post.
Activating Background Knowledge Middle School Example Lesson Plan
Activating Background Knowledge Elementary School Example Lesson Plan
The Journey Is the Treasure: Providing Just the Right Amount of Background Knowledge to Support Reading Comprehension
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Posted on: February 14, 2017
Young readers can connect their background information to a new text for greater comprehension. Sample lesson plans show how to use this technique in the classroom.
Inference Making: The Key to Advanced Reading Development
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Posted on: September 13, 2016
Inference making, or the ability to connect information across a text, is a key reading comprehension skill. Learn ways to help students make inferences.
Forming Opinions
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Posted on: June 14, 2016
A review of an Iowa Reading Research Center tool that helps children form and express opinions about what they are reading.
Making Inferences
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Posted on: April 28, 2016
An overview of the Iowa Reading Research Center's Making Inferences graphic organizer, a tool to help children organize their thoughts and make inferences.