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Activity 154
Assessment 5
Intervention 4
Platform 6
Practice 2
Resource 5
Routine 15
Strategy 10
Supplemental Curriculum 7
Tool 10

Write Cause or Effect

Inference Reasoning Text Structure

Write Cause or Effect

Students listen to a cause or an effect and determine a potential cause or affect to accompany the information they were given.
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K-W-L

Comprehension Monitoring

K-W-L

In this activity students monitor their comprehension before, during, and after listening to a story using a K-W-L chart.
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Sequins Trains

Grammar + Syntax Vocabulary

Sequins Trains

Students practice using complex sentences by creating stories from pictures.
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Snake Stories

Grammar + Syntax Vocabulary

Snake Stories

Students use their knowledge of vocabulary, syntax, and grammar to create sentences using different subjects, verbs, and objects.
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Voice and Choice in Literature

Inference Perspective Taking

Voice and Choice in Literature

Students think and discuss the voices and perspectives represented within a text.
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Ready, Set, Talk

Grammar + Syntax Vocabulary

Ready, Set, Talk

This resource is a strategy to help educators facilitate robust conversations with students in early grades.
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Character Characteristics

Perspective Taking Reasoning Text Structure

Character Characteristics

In this activity, students will select a character from a text and use their knowledge of the character to respond to questions.
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Classic Classifying

Text Structure Vocabulary

Classic Classifying

In this activity students identify the main idea of an expository text by categorizing the information within the text.
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Sentence Match

Grammar + Syntax Vocabulary

Sentence Match

Students identify a string of words that are synonymous with a word including an affix.
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Connect, Extend Challenge

Comprehension Monitoring Reasoning

Connect, Extend Challenge

The resource provides an overview of the Connect, Extend, Challenge instructional strategy as well as a planning guide for implementation.
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Four Corners

Perspective Taking

Four Corners

The Four Corners Activity is a way for students to demonstrate their opinion on a topic, statement, etc. This resource provides an overview of the activity and planning guide to support implementation.
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Story Mapping

Inference Reasoning Text Structure

Story Mapping

Students practice identifying story elements.
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The Research aka
Knowledge Base

The Knowledge Base offers a curated set of recent evidence-based research findings intended to help practitioners better understand listening comprehension and its connection to other literacy skills (such as word reading, reading fluency, background knowledge, and reading comprehension).

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Additional Practices

Shared Book Reading
Explicit Vocabulary Instruction
Instructional/Scaffolded Conversations
Content-Rich/Cross Content ELA