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Seven Strategies to Teach Students Text Comprehension 1. Monitoring comprehension Students who are good at monitoring their comprehension know when they understand what they read and when they do not. They have strategies to "fix" problems in their understanding as the problems arise. Research shows that instruction, even in the early grades, can help students become better at monitoring their comprehension. Comprehension monitoring instruction teaches students to: NCES Kids' Zone Home Page National Center for Education Statistics Contact Tools ED.gov Newsflash NCES Blog Twitter Facebook

Organize and Decorate Everything — Organize Your Life and Decorate Your World Here is another garland I made for Emilee’s birthday and to decorate her bedroom door. This is another great way to give money as a gift. To make the Dollar Bow Garland you can make as many bows as you like and in any denomination. How to teach possessive adjectives and nouns! As you progress with your beginner ESL students, we recommend introducing possessive adjectives and nouns at a relatively early stage. It is a natural progression once your student is comfortable with building basic sentences and has confidence with subject pronouns and object pronouns. Consider introducing the concept after your student becomes comfortable with basic Present Simple sentences. Today I would like to highlight our possessive adjectives and possessive nouns lesson plans. Using our N3.1 – Possessive Adjectives lesson plan:

Raising a Child with a Learning Disability . Articles . Reading and Language . PBS Parents Home » Articles » What does a parent do when she suspects her child has learning difficulties? How can she advocate for her child when everyone keeps telling her that her child will "just" grow out of it, that he'll learn to read when he's ready? In this article, a mother tells her story about her struggle for success-and how she found the resources to identify her son's reading difficulties, as well as the supports he needed to succeed. In another article, her son shares his perspectives about what it is like growing up with a learning disability. Select a Topic

All-In-One Moving Guide: Printables, Checklists to Organize Your Move Moving frequently accompanies some of the biggest moments in life: Setting up your first apartment. Buying your first home. Upsizing. Shared Writing Learning Strategy In a Shared Writing activity, the students are actively engaged while you model the writing process. Using the board, chart paper, or a document viewer, write out the text in front of the students, with their input regarding events of the story or mechanics of writing. Using the Think Aloud strategy, demonstrate in-the-moment editing as you write. Reread the text to students from time to time to discuss if it is clear or if anything needs to be done. 8 Excellent Blended Learning Tools for Teachers September 25, 2015In its basic and simplest definition, blended learning is an instructional methodology, a teaching and learning approach that combines face-to-face classroom methods with computer mediated activities to deliver instruction. The strengths of this instructional approach is its combination of both face to face and online teaching methods into one integrated instructional approach. In today's post, we are sharing with you a set of some useful web tools you can use for blended learning:1- Blubbr