Teacher+Resources

 **Teacher Resources**

1. The website the students will be using is PBS Kids' [|Stories]

Folk Tales and Fables. (n.d.). //PBS Kids//. Retrieved April 21, 2011, from pbskids.org/lions/stories/

2. To assess summarizing strategies, visit [|Writing: Summarizing and Note Taking]

Writing: Summarizing and Note Taking - eThemes. (n.d.). //eThemes//. Retrieved April 22, 2011, from http://ethemes.missouri.edu/themes/1281

3. For strategies on teaching how to decode words and read for meaning visit [|Your Third Grader and Reading]

Your Third-Grader and Reading - Academic skills | GreatSchools. (n.d.). //GreatSchools - Public and Private School Ratings, Reviews and Parent Community//. Retrieved April 22, 2011, from []

4. To learn the seven strategies of reading comprehension, visit [|What Are the Seven Reading Comprehension Strategies] ﻿ What Are the Seven Reading Comprehension Strategies?. (n.d.). //Choice Literacy - Resources for K-12 Literacy Coaches and Teachers//. Retrieved April 22, 2011, from []

5. Another great website that offers some reading comprehension strategies is [|Comprehension Strategies] Comprehension Strategies - Making connections, questioning, inferring, determining importance, and more. (n.d.). //Busy Teacher's Cafe - A K-6 site for busy teachers like you!//. Retrieved April 22, 2011, from []

6. For some exercises on summarizing strategies, you can visit [|Make A Long Story Short]

TV411 - Make a Long Story Short. (n.d.). //TV411 - Tune In To Learning//. Retrieved April 22, 2011, from []

7. For very basic elementary level note taking rules, visit [|Elementary: How to Take Notes]

OPENC: Elementary: How to Take Notes. (n.d.). //Oregon Public Education Network Clearinghouse (OPENC)//. Retrieved April 22, 2011, from []

8. Another great website that offers useful tips is [|Summarizing and Note Taking]

Hill, J. D., & Flynn, K. M. (n.d.). Summarizing and Note Taking. //Membership, policy, and professional development for educators – ASCD//. Retrieved April 22, 2011, from []