Category: reading
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African & American Folktales
World history in 5th grade took an (even more) exiting turn prior to leaving for spring break. Having just finished our Egypt research papers, we decided to travel to countries in East and West Africa as well as to the Carribean and Southern United States to explore how and why histories intersect through folktales. I…
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Non-Fiction Reading Techniques
I find that my students do their best reading when given strategies that help them navigate through text book sections. Simply saying to a thirteen year old child (or any teenager for that matter) “Read pages 13-19 this evening for homework” doesn’t provide enough instruction. In order to get a student to think carefully and…