Strand C: Comprehension

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DSB1 Text-Selection Guide

General Resources

Cross-Curricular Texts

Ready-made lessons!

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For Formative or Summative Assessment

Reading Lesson Plan Template

OSSLT-Style Texts and Qs

Teaching Strategies

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Thinking Routines

Website

What are Thinking Routines?


What is Close Reading

Thinking Routine Templates (open on iPad)

Close Reading

Close Reading Strategies


Text-Centered Approach


Knowledge About Texts

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Text Features

Text Types

Chronological Order & Sequencing

Video

Text Structures


Graphic Organizer (open on iPad)

Teacher-Led Activity (open on iPad)


Cause and Effect

Video

Graphic Organizer (open on iPad)

Website

Teacher-Led Activity (open on iPad)

Comprehension Strategies

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C2 Observations & Conversations Tracker

Activating Prior Knowledge

Predicting

Before Reading

Video


Video


Vocabulary Development

Graphic Organizers (open on iPad)

Critical Thinking Self Assessment


Establish a Purpose


Comprehension Strategy Self Assessment

Checklist

Graphic Organizers (open on iPad)

Graphic Organizers (open on iPad)

Visualization

During Reading



Jotnotes

Video

Template (open on iPad)

Teacher-Led Activity


Skim and Scan


Making Connections

Skim and Scan

Text-to-Self

Graphic Organizers (open on iPad)

Text-to-Text

Teacher-led Activity (open on iPad)

Teacher-Led Activity (open on iPad)

Skim and Highlight

Text-to-World

Graphic Organizers (open on iPad)

Summarizing

Finding the Main Idea

After Reading

Teacher-Led Activity


Teacher-Led Activity 1 (open on iPad)

Graphic Organizers (open on iPad)


Sketchnotes

Video

Teacher-Led Mini-Lesson

Video

Teacher-Led Activity 2 (open on iPad)

Sketchnote workbook (open on iPad)

One-pagers (open on iPad)

Extra Practice (open on iPad)

Critical Thinking in Literacy

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Inferencing

Analyzing

Teacher-Led Activity

Graphic Organizers (open on iPad)

How to Make Inferences (open on iPad)

Synthesizing

Graphic Organizers (open on iPad)


Graphic Organizer (open on iPad)

Book Clubs and Novels

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Setting up Book Clubs

Where in the World are they?

Ticking Timeline (open on iPad)

Character Text Message (open on iPad)

Activities

Dear Diary (open on iPad)

Character Autopsy (open on iPad)

Unit Plan

Chapter Summary (open on iPad)

Story Soundscape

The Novel News (open on iPad)

Guided Reading Workbook (open on iPad)

First Chapter Fridays (open on iPad)

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