The core of this exceptional program, your Making Connections Teacher's Edition empowers you to help every student in your class become a skillful, comprehending reader, and to nurture literacy competence that will last throughout their academic lives and beyond! A system for active reading using text marking helps students connect skills to specific elements in text. Flexible enough to use in any teaching situation, it includes: Direct, scaffolded instruction-from modeling to guiding to coaching-with variations to accommodate diverse learners across each unit Wrap-around notes for direct instruction with reduced facsimiles of the Student Books Point-of-use techniques to accommodate students of varied abilities, including English language learners Text Connections to help students evaluate and integrate content across texts for greater comprehension Reproducible multiple-choice assessments that reflect standardized test formats In Book 6, students will learn several focus skills: Main idea Compare and contrast Drawing conclusions, predicting outcomes Fact and opinion Cause and effect Figurative language Bias and prejudice Strategies that are taught in Book 6 include: Identify text structure Question Learn cooperatively Vocabulary Monitor comprehension Use graphic organizers Summarize Apply multiple strategies

• Type: Paperback (Teacher's Guide)
• Category: > Home Schooling
• ISBN / UPC: 9780838833117/083883311X
• Publish Date: 2/1/2009
• Item No: 74060
• Vendor: Educators Publishing Services

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