"When students are actively reading and applying multiple reading strategies as they read, they are able to understand the text at a deeper level."
The Best of ELA (2023-2024 School Year)
Readworks
This free site can take care of all of your ELA needs for grades K-12.
Strategy-specific texts
lesson plans
assessments
online or offline
Epic Books
Epic Books has a library of 40k+ books for kids. If you have a tough time updating your classroom library, this is a great site to complement what you already have.
Nearpod
The most engaging way to teach. Real-time insights into student understanding through interactive lessons, interactive videos, gamified learning, formative assessment, and activities.
Seven Strategies of Highly Effective Readers
Activating - Tap into prior knowledge. Think about a time you went camping before reading a camping book.
Inferring - What do you think the book is going to be about? What do you think is going to happen next in the book?
Monitoring/Clarifying - Refer to #2 - Were you right? What happened that was the same/different than what you thought?
Questioning - Have students read questions or come up with their own questions. Why did the character do that?
Searching/Selecting - Refer to #4 - Were you right? Find it in the text where the question was answered.
Summarizing - What is a short summary of the characters, the problem, and the solution in the story?
Visualizing/Organizing - This is the fun part. Have students think about the information or theme they learned in the story. They will then apply it in a creative activity that includes writing, crafting, drawing, or anything else you can think of.
