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Reading Rockets: 103 Things to Do Before/during/after Reading ArticleReading Rockets: 103 Things to Do Before/during/after Reading Article
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Reading Rockets
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K - 1st
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English Language Arts
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Articles
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Independent Practice
Lexile Measures
810L
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Reading Rockets: 103 Things to Do Before/during/after Reading

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The highly-respected Reading Rockets program offers both teachers and students a toolkit of ways to connect more actively with the materials they read. Some of these techniques are specifically for fiction-reading, others are designed for reading nonfiction and informational texts, while others are useful for any text.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

character analysis, context clues, literary analysis, literary elements, making inferences, making predictions, prereading, reading aloud, reading comprehension, reading strategies

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Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional|practice

Common Core

RF.K.4 RI.1.10 RL.2.5 RL.2.10 RI.2.10 RF.1.4.a RF.2.4.a RF.2.4.b RL.1.6 SL.3.3 CCRA.R.10 RI.4.8 RI.1.4 RI.K.4 RL.4.4

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