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Visualizing to Understand Content Area Text
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Education Theory and Practice, Professional DevelopmentThis article discusses the reading comprehension strategy of visualization and how it can be used to enhance students' understan...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Teacher Resources for Making Inferences, Using Context Clues
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Education Theory and Practice, Professional Development, Instructional StrategiesThis article describes the processes of making inferences and using context clues to define unknown words. Links to web sites an...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Listening Comprehension Skills for Elementary Students
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Assessment & Rubrics, Education Theory and Practice, Professional DevelopmentThis article discusses explicitly teaching and assessing listening comprehension skills in the elementary grades and provides te...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Language-Based Learning Disorders: Characteristics and Teaching Strategies
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Human Anatomy & Physiology, Life Sciences, Professional Development, Disease, Disorders and Human Health, ScienceThis article lists some of the characteristics of dyslexia and dysgraphia at the preschool to upper-elementary school levels and...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0I've Tried Everything! Strategies for Working With Kids With Attention Disorders
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional DevelopmentIn this podcast, listen to a 22-year classroom veteran's tips and strategies for managing students with attention disorders.Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Illuminations: Combinations
Grades: TK/K to 9Subjects: Counting & Place Values, Life Sciences, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Number Sense and 10 additional..This 2-lesson unit focuses on combinations, a subject related to probability. Students develop strategies for discovering all th...Contributor: The NSDL Math Common Core CollectionViews: 0Favorites: 0Determining Importance: Helping Students Recognize Important Points in Content Text
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Education Theory and Practice, Professional DevelopmentThis article describes the reading strategy of determining importance and provides templates and guidance for teaching this cont...Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Climate Literacy in the Elementary Classroom
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Current Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Education Theory and Practice, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Professional DevelopmentThis article provides five strategies for building the foundation for climate science literacy in the elementary grades.Contributor: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0