Reading strategies for informational text

Reading comprehension strategies for upper elementary and middle school - tips and tricks for teaching reading strategies.

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Looking for ways to motivate your students to read? I always find that using nonfiction gets my students interested and ready to participate. That's why I created these five nonfiction articles free for your classroom! Graphic organizer also included. Read my blog post for how to work these articles into your day and find out how to grab these free articles!

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Before studying to become a reading specialist, I had never explicitly been taught nonfiction text structures as a student and I also hadn’t been taught the importance of teaching them to our students as an undergrad. They can often be the missing puzzle piece for our growing nonfiction readers. Nonfiction text structures, which are the...Read More

Looking for close reading lesson plan ideas for your upper elementary and middle school students? These tried and true content area close reading ideas, annotation strategies, anchor charts, graphic organizers, and checklists will help your students dive deep into nonfiction text, answer text-dependent questions and take a critical stance, all while enjoying what they read! Click for FREE toolkit ideas, strategies, and close reading sample for your 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders.

Looking for fun and engaging ways to teach your students to identify the central idea and details of a nonfiction text? Look no further! In this blog post, I am sharing all the activities and strategies that I like to use to help my students master this reading comprehension skill. Visit the blog to learn more...

It's so important to explicitly teach your students how to annotate texts when they are close reading. Anytime we are looking at multiple (or paired passages) students need the skills to know how to mark up and annotate each text. This FREE resource will help them to build these important skills!

Are your students having trouble finding answers and citing evidence in their reading? This STEP-BY-STEP process scaffolds through reading strategies to help your students be successful! Students will learn the acronyms for ACE, RACE, and RAP to provide them with the proper tools for citing evidence effectively along with

Increase reading comprehension with these 5 strategies. These reading strategies will help students better understand a text. Grab the freebie! This is perfect for Guided Reading!