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Engagement | Reading Rockets: Topics A to Z
- Resource ID: PBS377
- Grade Range: K–4
- Subject: ELA & Reading
Families play an important role in how well students do in school. Find information about the importance of teachers and parents working together on behalf of kids, as well as examples of programs that specifically make the link between home and school.
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How to Read and Analyze a Poem (English III Reading)
- Resource ID: E3RdM3L09
- Grade Range: 11
- Subject: ELA & Reading
You will be able to read and analyze a poem using your knowledge of literary and poetic devices.
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Close Reading of Prose: Practice 2 (English II Reading)
- Resource ID: E2RdM3P2
- Grade Range: 10
- Subject: ELA & Reading
You will read carefully in order to identify diction, tone, and irony, and evaluate their impact on the meaning of a text.
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Reading for Author’s Purpose (English III Reading)
- Resource ID: E3RdM1L3
- Grade Range: 11
- Subject: ELA & Reading
You will learn to identify the author’s purpose for writing as you read a variety of texts.
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How to Read and Analyze a Short Story (English III Reading)
- Resource ID: E3RdM3L10
- Grade Range: 11
- Subject: ELA & Reading
You will be able to read and analyze a short story using your knowledge of literary and poetic devices.
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Close Reading of Poetry: Practice 3 (English II Reading)
- Resource ID: E2RdM3P3
- Grade Range: 10
- Subject: ELA & Reading
You will read carefully in order to identify allusion, imagery, metaphor, and symbolism, and evaluate their impact on the meaning of a text.
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How to Read and Analyze an Essay (English III Reading)
- Resource ID: E3RdM3L11
- Grade Range: 11
- Subject: ELA & Reading
You will be able to read and analyze an essay using your knowledge of literary devices and strategies.
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Reading and Writing to a Prompt (English III Reading and Writing)
- Resource ID: E3RdM1L5
- Grade Range: 11
- Subject: ELA & Reading
You will learn skills necessary for reading and writing to a prompt.
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OnTRACK English II Reading: Reading and Vocabulary Development Across Genres
- Grade Range: 10
- Subject: ELA & Reading
OnTRACK English II Reading, Module 1 Lessons 1–6 and practice lesson. Students will understand new vocabulary and use it when reading and writing.
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Reading for Main Idea and Supporting Ideas (English III Reading)
- Resource ID: E3RdM1L4
- Grade Range: 11
- Subject: ELA & Reading
You will learn to find and analyze the main idea and supporting ideas in a variety of texts.
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OnTRACK English II Reading: Reading Comprehension Across Genres
- Grade Range: 10
- Subject: ELA & Reading
OnTRACK English II, Module 2, Lessons 1–3 and Practice Lesson 1. Students compare and contrast differences in similar themes expressed in different time periods. Students synthesize and make logical connections between ideas and details in several texts selected to reflect a range of viewpoints on the same topic and support those findings with textual evidence.
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Marvin K. Mooney Activity
- Resource ID: PBS412
- Grade Range: K–5
- Subject: ELA & Reading
In this activity, students get to combine the world of literacy and physical movement! As the teacher reads the book “Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now” by Dr. Seuss, students listen carefully
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Waddle
- Resource ID: PBS421
- Grade Range: K–5
- Subject: ELA & Reading
Get your students up and moving in this Kindergarten through 5th grade activity that connects literacy, creativity and movement! Students act out different animals in the book “Waddle” as the teacher reads aloud.
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Education | Reading Rockets: Topics A to Z
- Resource ID: PBS384
- Grade Range: K–4
- Subject: ELA & Reading
Teaching reading is a complex process that draws upon an extensive knowledge base and repertoire of strategies. Find out more about best practices in reading instruction and why so many are concerned that our teachers aren't prepared to teach in today's classrooms.
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Music Video: Reading with Feeling
- Resource ID: PBS354
- Grade Range: K–5
- Subject: ELA & Reading
The Burnham Brothers sing "Reading with Feeling," a song explaining the importance of reading with the feelings ascribed to the characters and events. This resource teaches reading techniques and fluency.
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Intervention | Reading Rockets: Topics A to Z
- Resource ID: PBS366
- Grade Range: K–4
- Subject: ELA & Reading
Response to Intervention (RTI) is a 3-tier framework schools can adopt to identify and help struggling learners—before they fail.
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Activities | Reading Rockets: Topics A to Z
- Resource ID: PBS367
- Grade Range: K–4
- Subject: ELA & Reading
Need some ideas for reading-based activities you can do with children? This section offers suggestions to help parents, teachers, preschool teachers, and childcare providers fill kids' days with fun and stimulating reading and writing activities.
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Building Blocks for Teaching Adolescents with Reading Difficulties
- Resource ID: BB0000
- Grade Range: 5–12
- Subject: ELA & Reading
This online resource is designed to enhance teachers’ knowledge and skills so they can effectively teach adolescent students who struggle with reading.
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Identifying Rhetorical Devices in Arguments to Aid Understanding (English III Reading)
- Resource ID: E3RdM2L3
- Grade Range: 11
- Subject: ELA & Reading
You will be able to identify strategies authors use in order to make their arguments more easily understood.
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OnTRACK English II Reading: Understanding and Analysis of Literary Text
- Grade Range: 10
- Subject: ELA & Reading
OnTRACK English II Reading, Module 3, Lessons 1–12, and Practice Lessons 1–3. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry, drama, fiction, and literary non-ficton, and provide evidence from text to support their understanding.