by reDesign | Oct 1, 2020
Sketch to Sketch In this activity, adapted from Kelley’s Comprehension Shouldn’t Be Silent (2007), students will draw an image from a story the teacher reads aloud. The purpose of this activity is to help build listening comprehension and improve visualizing and...
by reDesign | Oct 1, 2020
Most Valuable Idea In this activity, adapted from Gallagher’s Deeper Reading (2004), students will identify the most valuable idea in a reading, find an article that relates to that idea, and make a connection between the text, the article, and the student’s own life....
by Vicky Kim | Oct 1, 2020
Using Media to Generate a Topic This activity is used when students need to generate a topic for a writing assignment or project. It is most useful when the topic choice is fairly open-ended. By exploring a range of media, students explore and identify topics that...
by Vicky Kim | Oct 1, 2020
THIEVES This activity guides students to preview a text effectively by drawing their attention to important textual elements, and helping them to make predictions and anticipate meaning. Students use the acronym THIEVES, which stands for: T: Title, H: Headings, I:...
by reDesign | Oct 1, 2020
Spider Maps This activity helps students to become familiar with key concepts or events from a text or a unit of study, and to categorize these concepts or events as either main ideas or supporting details. CONTENT AREA ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies LEARNING...
