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Essential Reading Strategies for the Struggling Reader: Activities for an Accelerated Reading Program
Booklet with lessons and games for teaching fluency, phonological awareness, word study, decoding, and comprehension.
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Resources for Improving Low Literacy Levels in Adolescents
This resource provides practitioners and parents with links to many resources for addressing low literacy levels among adolescents, including the IRIS Center at Vanderbilt University, MCPER, and the Center on Instruction. Evidence-based practices are also highlighted.
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Enhancing Adolescents’ Comprehension of Text by Building Vocabulary Knowledge
This evidence-based article discusses effective vocabulary instruction containing many elements.
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Selecting Appropriate Text for Adolescents With Disabilities
Most students with disabilities are expected to enter the workforce after high school or attend postsecondary institutions to engage in further study (Cortiella & Horowitz, 2014). Working knowledge of the general curriculum from content area classes (e.g., civics, history, science, English language arts) serves students well during middle school, high school, and after high school. In these settings, many students with disabilities are included in the general education classroom and struggle with text-reading demands. The purpose of the article is to provide general and special educators with an interpretation of the Common Core State Standards text-selection guidelines and guidance on how to use them to evaluate text.
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10 Key Reading Practices for All Middle and High Schools
This document distills the latest research findings into 10 easy-to-follow recommendations that states, school districts, and schools can use to improve middle and high school students' reading outcomes. Also included are descriptions of what students should know and be able to do at selected secondary grade levels.
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10 Key Math Practices for All Middle and High Schools
This document distills the latest research findings into 10 easy-to-follow recommendations that states, school districts, and schools can use to improve secondary students' mathematics outcomes.
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6-8 Academic Vocabulary in the ELAR and Mathematics TEKS: A Teacher Resource
This resource is for 6-8 classroom teachers in Texas. Words included were selected from the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills to identify vocabulary that will help students learn content and skills represented on statewide assessments. Comprehensive word lists and grade-level word lists are included for English language arts and reading and mathematics. Citation The Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk. (2019). Academic vocabulary in the ELAR and mathematics TEKS: A teacher resource for grades 6–8. Austin, TX: Author.
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Comprehension Instruction
Booklet about research-based comprehension instruction, including explicit strategy lessons and questioning the author.
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