Interactive
Mr. Nussbaum

Blue Whale

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
An interactive tests scholars' reading comprehension skills. After reading or listening to a brief informational text, learners answer five fill-in-the-blank questions. Results appear instantly.
Interactive
Mr. Nussbaum

American Revolution

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Test scholar's reading comprehension skills with a practice that challenges pupils to read an informational text about the Amerian Revolution then answer 10 questions. 
Interactive
Mr. Nussbaum

Abigail Adams

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Ten multiple-choice questions follow a short informative reading about Abigail Adams. Feedback appears instantly and ends with a detailed report.
Interactive
Mr. Nussbaum

Alexander Graham Bell

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
An interactive practice challenges scholars to read an informational text then answer nine questions. The topic of the text is Alexander Graham Bell. Questions are a mix of multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank.
Interactive
Mr. Nussbaum

Money

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Young readers test their comprehension skills with an interactive practice. Pupils read a brief informational text about money then answer five questions. A detailed page appears at the end to showcase participants' work.
Article
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: "Seven Strategies to Teach Text Comprehension" by c.r. Adler

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
In this article, "comprehension strategies" are explained. Supported by research, these strategies are divided into seven different steps, including the following: monitoring comprehension, metacognition, graphic and semantic organizers,...
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway:writing an Engaging Story With Literary Strategies to Enhance Plot

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
You will be able to use various literary strategies and devices, including dialogue and suspense, to enhance the plot in a short story. W.11-12.3b Narratives
Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Explicit Comprehension Strategy Instruction

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Use explicit strategy instruction to make visible the invisible comprehension strategies that good readers use to understand text. Support students until they can use the strategies independently. Recycle and re-teach strategies...
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Active Reading Strategies Part 2: Rephrase and Predict

For Students 9th - 10th
A powerful reading strategy designed to encourage you to trust yourself while working through the SAT Reading Test. If you know what you want before you start looking, you are a LOT less likely to make a bad choice..
Handout
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Reading Strategies: Identify Author's Viewpoint

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
This reading resource discusses the strategy of identifying an author's viewpoint. A list of guiding questions is provided to help students as they analyze the author's viewpoint.
Article
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning:"closing Arguments: Strategy, Technique & Style" [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a five-page PDF article "Closing Arguments: Strategy, Technique & Style" by Gary Guichard. The article is about how to write a closing argument for a trial; however, these same techniques help students to write effective...
Website
Other

Teachers First: Adapt a Strategy: Adjusting Lessons for Esl/ell Students

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site provides a lengthy list of class activities with links to strategies, videos, resources, and online tools for adopting each one for English language learners.
Unit Plan
Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Read Like This a Strategy for Close Reading of Literature

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn and practice close reading strategies to help increase your understanding of how to approach challenging and complex texts.
Website
Other

How to Study: The Deter Strategy for Taking Tests

For Students 9th - 10th
To do well on a test, you must have good knowledge of the information that is being tested. But you must also have a strategy for taking the test that allows you to show what you know. The DETER strategy can help you do your best on any...
Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Rhetorical Reading: Intro to Vocabulary Building Reading Strategies

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This article explains in general how to build vocabulary using reading strategies such as context clues.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Writing Engaging Stories With Literary Strategies to Enhance Plot

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use various literary strategies and devices, including dialogue and suspense, to enhance the plot in a short story.
Professional Doc
Other

Atlas Mission: The 8 Best Problem Solving Strategies for the Preschool Mind

For Teachers Pre-K - K
A Kindergarten teacher offers 8 strategies for fostering problem-solving in the classroom. A free app is available to download.
Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Classroom Strategies: Sq3 R: Survey Question Read Recite Review

For Teachers 9th - 10th
SQ3R is a comprehension strategy that helps students think about the text they are reading while they're reading. Often categorized as a study strategy, SQ3R helps students "get it" the first time they read a text by teaching students...
Professional Doc
Incredible Art Department

The Incredible Art Department: Strategies and Research in Instruction

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Summarizes what is known about learning from research on the brain and suggests related strategies to use in the classroom. Also discusses the main techniques and strategies that are in wide use today including, for example,...
Handout
The Write Place

Literacy Education Online: Writing Conclusions Strategies

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site explains what a conclusion should do and gives strategies and suggestions for accomplishing that end. Includes examples. W.9-10.1e & W.9-10.2f, w.9-10.3e Conclusion, W.11-12.2f Conclusion
PPT
Other

Noodle Tools: Online Reading Strategies

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This slide presentation makes clear the reasons for specifically teaching online reading strategies, as well as giving examples of how to teach these skills. Many slides also provide links to websites which provide practice for the...
Article
Everything ESL

Everything esl.net: Seven Teaching Strategies for Teaching El Ls

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Article that outlines seven teaching strategies for classroom teachers to use when instructing English language learners.
Article
Other

Teaching Ideas 4u: Make Synthesizing Easy With These Simple Strategies

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
Learning to synthesize can be challenging for some students, but there are a few different support strategies that teachers can use in their lessons: REST method, ADD method, and Venn Diagram to teach synthesizing.
Article
Bankrate

Bankrate: Investing Strategies 101

For Students 9th - 10th
Rates and compares the top five investing strategies: buy and hold, short term trading, asset allocation, investment systems, and dollar-cost averaging. A good resource for investing. (May 7, 2004)

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