Effective Literacy Lesson: Teaching Identification of Cause and Effect Relationships in Texts
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Posted on: April 27, 2021
This video demonstration explains the importance of this comprehension skill and how to teach it.
Comprehension
Readers understand and make meaning from what they read
Posted on: April 27, 2021
Cause and Effect Graphic Organizer
Students can be taught to use this graphic organizer to identify and record events that occur in a text (effect) and the reason why that event occurred (cause).
Supporting Your Children’s and Teens’ Home Learning: Using Context Clues to Understand New Words
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Posted on: October 20, 2020
Learn three types of context clues for understanding vocabulary in a text and download a graphic organizer for children and teens to use when reading.
Context Clue Graphic Organizer
Students can identify and keep track of context clues using this graphic organizer by writing down the unfamiliar word, the type of context clue, and the word meaning. Context clues help readers determine the meaning of new words.
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: Using a K-W-L Chart to Activate Background Knowledge
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Posted on: May 12, 2020
Use this approach to build knowledge about a topic while reading a book at home.
K-W-L Chart
This chart can be filled out by children when reading at home in order to support activation of background knowledge about the topic of a text they are reading. This is intended to help them better understand the text.
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.