Vocabulary Strategies

Teaching Hard Vocabulary Words

Vocabulary Paint Chips

Sharing Common Core Language Standards with Students

Questioning Strategies

Text Analysis:  Questions and Symbols

Higher Order Questions

Three Minute Close Reading of a Poem

Close Reading of Poetry

Common Core Literacy

Grappling with Complex Informational Text

Grades 3 - 5

Preparing for Discussion via Re-read and Annotation

Text Based Debate