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Active Participation: Ensuring Student Engagement
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Active Participation: Ensuring Student Engagement
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This article describes covert and overt active engagement strategies for use with elementary students. Find the Question templates are included for use with informational text.

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Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology
Provider Set:
Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: An Online Magazine for K-5 Teachers
Author:
Clarissa Reeson
Tracey Allen
Date Added:
07/30/2019
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Determining Importance: Helping Students Recognize Important Points in Content Text
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Determining Importance: Helping Students Recognize Important Points in Content Text
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This article describes the reading strategy of determining importance and provides templates and guidance for teaching this content area strategy to elementary students.

Subject:
Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology
Provider Set:
Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: An Online Magazine for K-5 Teachers
Author:
Clarissa Reeson
Tracey Allen
Date Added:
07/30/2019
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Differentiating at the Nonfiction Cafe
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Differentiating at the Nonfiction Cafe
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This article includes a menu of post-reading activities for use with any nonfiction text. Students spend $50 on their choice of activities.

Subject:
Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology
Provider Set:
Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: An Online Magazine for K-5 Teachers
Author:
Clarissa Reeson
Tracey Allen
Date Added:
07/30/2019
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Find the Question Activity for A Whale of an Ocean Feature Story: Grades 2-3
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Find the Question Activity for A Whale of an Ocean Feature Story: Grades 2-3
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This activity is designed to be used with the Feature Story, A Whale of an Ocean, and students in grades 2-3. After reading the text, students work in pairs to match questions and answers posted around the classroom. The PDF document includes questions and answers, directions, and an answer key.

Subject:
Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology
Provider Set:
Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: An Online Magazine for K-5 Teachers
Author:
Clarissa Reeson
Tracey Allen
Date Added:
05/17/2009
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Find the Question Activity for A Whale of an Ocean Feature Story: Grades 4-5
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Find the Question Activity for A Whale of an Ocean Feature Story: Grades 4-5
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This activity is designed to be used with the Feature Story, A Whale of an Ocean, and students in grades 4-5. After reading the text, students work in pairs to match questions and answers posted around the classroom. The PDF document includes questions and answers, directions, and an answer key.

Subject:
Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology
Provider Set:
Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: An Online Magazine for K-5 Teachers
Author:
Clarissa Reeson
Tracey Allen
Date Added:
05/17/2009
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Getting Students Engaged in Nonfiction Text
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Getting Students Engaged in Nonfiction Text
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This article describes how to help students engage with nonfiction text by asking questions, identifying facts, making connections, and reflecting on the text. A template for use with students is included.

Subject:
Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology
Provider Set:
Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: An Online Magazine for K-5 Teachers
Author:
Clarissa Reeson
Tracey Allen
Date Added:
07/30/2019
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Listening Comprehension Skills for Elementary Students
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Listening Comprehension Skills for Elementary Students
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This article discusses explicitly teaching and assessing listening comprehension skills in the elementary grades and provides templates for classroom use.

Subject:
Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology
Provider Set:
Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: An Online Magazine for K-5 Teachers
Author:
Clarissa Reeson
Tracey Allen
Date Added:
07/30/2019
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Note Taking: Enhancing the Ability to Comprehend Nonfiction Text
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Note Taking: Enhancing the Ability to Comprehend Nonfiction Text
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This article describes the importance of teaching students the strategy of note taking and includes a template for use with elementary students.

Subject:
Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology
Provider Set:
Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: An Online Magazine for K-5 Teachers
Author:
Clarissa Reeson
Tracey Allen
Date Added:
07/30/2019
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Organizing Research Reports
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Organizing Research Reports
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This article discusses a strategy to help elementary students organize information while doing research.

Subject:
Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology
Provider Set:
Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: An Online Magazine for K-5 Teachers
Author:
Clarissa Reeson
Tracey Allen
Date Added:
07/30/2019
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Teaching Students to Think about Text
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Teaching Students to Think about Text
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This article discusses the importance of teaching students to reflect on text through direct instruction and modeling. The article includes a template that can be used with elementary students.

Subject:
Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology
Provider Set:
Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: An Online Magazine for K-5 Teachers
Author:
Clarissa Reeson
Tracey Allen
Date Added:
07/30/2019
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We Have Our Organizer...Now What? Writing Research Reports
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We Have Our Organizer...Now What? Writing Research Reports
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This article describes how to guide elementary students through writing a research report. The first article in this series described how to organize information.

Subject:
Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology
Provider Set:
Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: An Online Magazine for K-5 Teachers
Author:
Clarissa Reeson
Tracey Allen
Date Added:
07/30/2019
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