Learning English With Your Children and Teens: Using Junk Mail to Practice English
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Posted on: March 30, 2021
Engage the family with activities that practice English vocabulary, grammar, speaking, and more.
Speaking and Listening: Comprehension and Collaboration
Posted on: March 30, 2021
Caregiver Involvement When Reading Books to Children
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Posted on: April 23, 2019
Children’s literacy development benefits when they discuss four key elements of stories read by their caregivers.
IDEA
The IDEA strategy uses four key components drawn from research that caregivers can easily implement to teach and practice literacy skills when reading to children at home.
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.
Parent-Child Conversation: More Than Just Idle Chatter
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Posted on: July 11, 2017
When parents engage in meaningful oral conversations with children in the home, it can have a positive impact on their vocabulary skills and overall reading ability. Our tips can help foster more of these conversations.