Spreading the Love: poetry project
What if your whole class wrote annonymous poems and spread the love by leaving their letters all over the neighbourhood. …
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I wish words…
Use this artifact (or make one yourself) and challenge students to find passages that might be able to change lives, …
A Reader’s Job
Using what you know or can figure out to help you understand an author The reader’s job is a tough …
Authors Imply and Readers Infer
1. Any text is incomplete without the reader. In pairs, spend a minute or two discussing what this statement means. …
Three Photographs/Three Words
Teacher notes: The following lesson ideas incorporate reading expectations 1.5 and 1.8 for intermediate level students. Three Photographs/Three Words Choose …
Inferring from Political Cartoons
Choose a current political cartoon that will be relevant to your students but will be a little bit above their …
Encouraging Reading and Writing at Home
Encourage reading at home: Read with—not just to—your child every day in any language Make reading a social occasion by …
Before, During and After: Reading with your child
Before reading with your child: Talk about the cover, the title and the pictures Predict what the book will be …
Choosing a book with the five finger “Tips”
What to do when you come to a word you don’t know:
As children learn to read independently, they learn many reading strategies. Good …
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