Close Reading: An Instructional Strategy for Conquering Complex Text

Close Reading: An Instructional Strategy for Conquering Complex Text

This captioned video shows a 3rd grade teacher guide students through the close reading process, check for understanding, and leverage the power of student talk and collaboration to help them make meaning of a complex text. Click here to watch the video.
Progress Monitoring: Mathematics

Progress Monitoring: Mathematics

This captioned training module introduces users to progress monitoring in mathematics, a type of formative assessment in which student learning is evaluated to provide useful feedback about performance to both learners and teachers (est. module completion time: 2...
Writing to Read: Evidence for How Writing Can Improve Reading

Writing to Read: Evidence for How Writing Can Improve Reading

This report identifies writing practices found to be effective in helping students increase their reading skills and comprehension and also provides examples of what these writing practices can look like within a classroom. Click here to read the report.
Centers Idea: Sight Word Memory Game

Centers Idea: Sight Word Memory Game

Sight Words Memory is the standard memory card game — sometimes called Concentration — with the additional element of having the student read or sign the word on each card as they turn it over. This provides a lot of opportunities for repetition in sight reading, word...
Arizona’s English Language Arts Standards Crosswalked with the ASL Standards – 4th Grade

Arizona’s English Language Arts Standards Crosswalked with the ASL Standards – 4th Grade

This document provides a comparison between Arizona’s English Language Arts Standards and the new ASL Content Standards. ELA Standards ASL Standards grade 4