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Ncrel: Reading Strategies: Before, During, and After [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page provides a detailed chart to aid students' understanding of texts. It goes through the steps of pre-reading, during reading, and after reading, outlining what students should be thinking about as they interact with a text. This...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Snowball Note Making and Summarizing

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students will engage in this post-reading strategy for a nonfiction or a fiction piece. Each student will take notes on a four-square square graphic organizer about something they already knew, something they found...
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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,...
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Education Development Center

Tv411: Strategies for Better Reading: Activities 3 of 3

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Use these eight multiple choice passages to practice summarizing the main idea of a paragraph.
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Quizlet: Ccisd 4th Grade Main Idea Flashcards

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Reading strategy terms (nonfiction) are included in this review exercise. Flashcards are provided for the following words: topic, main idea, supporting details, summarizing, conclusion, point of view, author's perspective, author's...
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Critical Reading: Summary Skills

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on how to write a summary including strategies for annotation, paraphrasing the thesis statement, distinguishing major ideas from minor ones, and picking appropriate quotes. It also provides videos including "How to...