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The Civil Rights Movement in Context: Investigate the precursors to the Civil Rights Movement, its leadership, its opposition, and its legacy, including lesser-studied events of the movement and primary sources.; Take this course: Begins February 2.

Ongoing assessment for reading: Ongoing, informal assessment is crucial to teaching reading. Using audio and visual examples, this edition explains the use of running records and miscue analysis, tools that help a teacher to identify patterns in student reading behaviors and the strategies a reader uses to make sense of text.; Format: series (multiple pages)

Extensions: In Ongoing assessment for reading, page 2.9; As you become adept at miscue analysis, you may find other additions to your coding that are particularly helpful. Although it is not suggested in any texts I have read on miscue analysis, I find it helpful to code student miscues while the student is reading...; By Jeanne Gunther.

Photo comparison: Focus on geography: A worksheet for students to use when comparing photographs, focusing on information about the population of the region in which they were taken.; Format: worksheet; By Eric Eaton.

Summarizing the session: In Ongoing assessment for reading, page 2.6; After the reading, comprehension check, and miscue analysis, all of the information gathered should be recorded. This single-page report will help identify patterns in use by the reader. The totals for graphic similarity, semantic and syntactic usage should...; By Jeanne Gunther.

Why miscue analysis?: In Ongoing assessment for reading, page 2.1; A holistic view of reading takes into account that "both the reader and the author are equally active in constructing or building meaning." The text available is the "medium through which the author and reader transact."* Teachers...; By Jeanne Gunther.

Preparing for miscue analysis: In Ongoing assessment for reading, page 2.2; Selecting the text Select a complete text that the student has not previously read. Choose a text that is approximately one level above what the independent reading level has been determined to be. With the higher reading...; By Jeanne Gunther.

Photo analysis: Focus on carpet weaving: A worksheet for students to use when analyzing photographs of carpet weaving.; Format: worksheet; By Eric Eaton.

Photo analysis: Focus on world pottery traditions: A worksheet for students to use when analyzing photographs of pottery-making.; Format: worksheet; By Eric Eaton.

Photo analysis: Focus on population: A worksheet for students to use when analyzing photographs, focusing on information about the population of the region in which they were taken.; Format: worksheet; By Eric Eaton.

Photo analysis: Focus on geography: A worksheet for students to use when analyzing photographs, focusing on information about the geography of the region in which they were taken.; Format: worksheet; By Eric Eaton.

Checking comprehension: In Ongoing assessment for reading, page 2.4; Many assessments for students’ comprehension contain questions to be answered by the student. Miscue analysis makes retelling the performance of comprehension. When a student completes a reading, the teacher should facilitate both an unaided and aided retelling...; By Jeanne Gunther.

A survivor's story: How does it really feel?: Students use oral history excerpts of a Hurricane Floyd survivor to explore the concept of contradiction or irony.; Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)

Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity three: In this activity for grades 7–12, students will evaluate primary source photographs from the Tobacco Bag Stringing collection.; Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Character education: Honesty: This lesson will focus on two character education traits - honesty and friendship. During this lesson the students will conduct a character analysis and link prior knowledge to help understand the story.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–5 English Language Arts and Guidance); By LaTina Robinson.

Media mind control: Some research studies indicate that the common portrayal of violence on television has desensitized children towards it. The purpose of this lesson is to help students redevelop their sensitivity towards violence and develop a critical attitude towards the purpose of violence in television.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Guidance); By Linda Nelson.

The seven deadly sins of data analysis: Commit one of the Seven Deadly Sins of Data Analysis and you run a significant risk of missing AYP under No Child Left Behind (NCLB).; By Chris Hitch.

Analyzing significant events in Jim the Boy: This activity, to be completed after reading Tony Earley's Jim the Boy, helps students identify examples and details and then analyze them effectively. The class will brainstorm examples of life-changing events in Jim's life. The teacher will select one of the events, find the pages in the novel where it is discussed, and show the students how to annotate the text by marking details and commenting on them. Using a "T" chart, the class will then select three of the details to analyze.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–10 English Language Arts); By Vickie Smith.

Diary of a Tar Heel Confederate soldier: Students read the account of a private from Charlotte who served in the Civil War and grew tired of only hearing about the war from the perspectives of officers. After reading his experiences as a “man behind the gun” students will write their own point-of-view piece. They also have the opportunity to read other diary accounts from the war available through Documenting the American South.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Meghan Mcglinn.

Meteorologists: Working with data analysis: In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 2.4; This lesson for grade six introduces students to careers in meteorology and engages them in meteorological data analysis.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics); By Kim Abrams, Mike McDowell, and Barbara Strange.Edited by Julie McCann.

Portrait of a reader: Tyson: In Ongoing assessment for reading, page 3.3; Tyson is a student I have known for two years. He was a member of the school's newspaper club, which I ran when Tyson was in tenth grade. Tyson was very involved in seeking stories around the school for reporting in the paper. The articles he wrote tended...; By Jeanne Gunther.

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