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.
Reading Standards for Literature
Reads and understands age/grade appropriate informational text, using a variety of skills to connect ideas, use evidence, and analyze text.
Posted on: February 28, 2023
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: 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 with children who may be participating in virtual instruction or otherwise learning at home, 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: Daily Book Study for Teens
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Posted on: March 20, 2020
Read a young adult novel with us and complete daily assignments to continue learning from home!
Research Brief: Does It Matter When Students Read the Items on a Comprehension Assessment?
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Posted on: December 17, 2019
Researchers examined the common approach of having students read the questions before the text on a comprehension test to see how it impacted student performance compared to reading the questions after the text.
QAR Questions and Answers by Type
A guide to use when teaching students the Question-Answer Relationship (QAR) strategy to help teachers plan which questions to ask for the four question types and an answer that might be given.
Guide Students to Answers According to Question Type: The Question-Answer Relationship
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Posted on: September 5, 2017
Teaching students to identify the type of question asked about a text using the Question-Answer Relationship strategy helps them formulate answers more easily.
The Power of Interactive Read Alouds
By Gwen Marra, Ed.D.
Through read alouds that utilize dialogic reading, children can develop their use of new vocabulary in a meaningful way, make connections between new and previously-learned information, and learn literary elements like character, point of view, and plot.
The Power of Interactive Read Alouds
Related: Blank version of the Dialogic Reading Planning Form included in the report