Curated OER
Visual Literacy: Using Images to Increase Comprehension
A colorful PowerPoint is a great way to introduce the topic of visual literacy. The eye-catching presentation begins with an overview of visual literacy and then provides some specific strategies to help enhance reading comprehension. As...
Intersectional Black Panther Party History Project, IPHP
Teaching the History of the Black Panther Party: 5 Essential FAQ’s
What are the facts about the Black Panther Party? Was it, as J. Edgar Hoover contended, a terrorist organization and a threat to national security? Or a group of indviduals bound together by a desire to protect and nurture their...
College Board
AP® English Language Special Focus: Using Sources
What is the most effective way to teach scholars how to write a research paper? Educators explore the topic with the AP® English Language and Composition exam resource. The reference material guides teachers in best practices for...
EngageNY
TASC Transition Curriculum: Workshop 12
How can opinions slant facts? Workshop participants learn how to examine primary and secondary sources and identify the author's point of view. They also examine how visual art impacts the meaning and rhetoric of sources. Full of...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Teach the Seven Strategies of Highly Effective Readers
To improve students' reading comprehension, teachers should introduce the seven cognitive strategies of effective readers: activating, inferring, monitoring-clarifying, questioning, searching-selecting, summarizing, and...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Workshops: Teaching Reading 3 5
This instructional workshop provides eight sessions on teaching reading in intermediate classrooms: "Creating Contexts for Learning," "Fluency and Word Study," "Building Comprehension," "Writing," "New Literacies of the Internet,"...
LD Online
Ld Online: Visual and Auditory Processing Disorders
A reference guide for educators of students with processing or perceptual handicaps. Included are definitions and descriptions of visual and auditory processing disorders, as well as specific difficulties and strategies associated with...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Classroom Strategies: Story Maps
Story Maps are used for teaching students to work with story structure for better comprehension. This technique uses visual representations to help students organize important elements of a story. Students learn to summarize the main...
Auburn University
Auburn University: Developing Reading Fluency
How can you develop reading fluency in your students? This site offers insight into the direct and indirect approaches to teaching reading fluency. Come and check it out.
Other
Phonemic Awareness, Alphabetics and Sight Words
Discover more about phonemic awareness when you visit this informative site. This resource features activities that teach phonemic awareness and activities that teach alphabetics.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Do Learner Types Need in Style Instruction?
How does the mind work - and how does it learn? Teachers' instructional decisions are based on a mix of theories learned in teacher education, trial and error, craft knowledge, and gut instinct. Such gut knowledge often serves us well,...
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Family Reading Activities
This site features family reading activities that will guide parents with their children's reading development.
Other
Pocket of Preschool: Problem Solving With Little Learners
Problem-solving is hard for preschool students! This article shows how to teach them problem-solving strategies they can use when they encounter problems. Included are techniques, visuals, and books that lead to discussions on...
Auburn University
Auburn University: Using Decodable Text
How can you use decodable text in your classroom? This site offers insight into this necessary part of the reading process. Come and learn more.