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Jessica Fries-Gaither

Common Core ELA in Science & Technical Subjects

Have you seen the Common Core English Language Arts Standards? They include content areas (math, science, social studies) for grades 6-8 an…

Started by Jessica Fries-Gaither

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Jessica Fries-Gaither

Reading in Math is Different

Math teachers, check out this archived web seminar on reading in mathematics: http://www.slideshare.net/klightle/reading-mathematics-is-dif

Started by Jessica Fries-Gaither

0 Oct 24, 2011
Jessica Fries-Gaither

Reading 2.0

Check out this presentation for some ideas of how web 2.0 tools can be used in conjunction with reading: http://www.slideshare.net/klightle

Started by Jessica Fries-Gaither

0 Oct 10, 2011
Jessica Crooker

Engaging Students in Textbook Reading

I'm wondering if anyone has any great pre-, during, or post-reading strategies to engage students in actually reading their textbooks. I lo…

Started by Jessica Crooker

5 Jul 1, 2011
Reply by Mary Henton
Todd Anderson

Article Resources

With the new common core literacy standards the science teachers in my district are trying to gather good reading materials from reputable…

Started by Todd Anderson

1 Apr 4, 2011
Reply by Kim Lightle
Jessica Fries-Gaither

What challenges are you facing?

Our conversation has died down in the last few months - but I know you're still facing challenges in terms of reading, writing, and discuss…

Started by Jessica Fries-Gaither

1 Mar 21, 2011
Reply by Lana Pereira
Jessica Fries-Gaither

Wordle as a reading comprehension tool?

If you aren't familiar with Wordle, it is a tool that generates "word clouds" from text that your provide. The clouds give greater prominen…

Started by Jessica Fries-Gaither

2 Sep 8, 2009
Reply by Jessica Fries-Gaither
Jessica Fries-Gaither

Challenges In Content Area Literacy

What challenges do you face as a content area teacher in terms of literacy? Do you students need help reading the text? Is writing a strugg…

Started by Jessica Fries-Gaither

10 Aug 25, 2009
Reply by Cherlyn Anderson
Mary Henton

Wrting strategies - AVID

Karolee Smiley is attending an AVID training this week and posting blog entries. Her July 16 entry is about writing strategies. Some great…

Started by Mary Henton

0 Jul 17, 2009

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