Teaching Effectiveness
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Finding ELAL Learning Strategies in Library Resources
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AND
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Library Resources for Instructional Strategies
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Reading and Writing to Learn
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Research indicates that writing and reading should be taught in tandem. This content-area resource puts "writing to learn" into practice across curricular areas. It shows teachers how to present strategies common to good readers to increase understanding of a text. Students are taught to predict and infer, visualize, connect, question, understand word meanings, organize, clarify/monitor, and evaluate/reflect. Grades 3-12
Call Number: LB 1575.8 K87 2008 -
English Teacher's Portfolio of Multicultural Activities
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75 literature-based lessons with complete reproducible reading selections, including short stories, poetry, folklore, novel excerpts, & other genres written by talented authors of African, Asian, Latino, Native American, & European descent.
Call Number: LC 1099.3 C697 1996 -
100 Experiential Learning Activities for Social Studies, Literature, and the Arts, Grades 5-12
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Facilitates student engagement through active learning and provides easy-to-use matrices linking McREL, NCTE, and NCSS standards to activities in history, economics, literature, and the arts.
Call Number: LB 1027.23 P76 2008
