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Anchor charts are beneficial to students especially when students help create them.

Teachers can rely on an assessment that measures how many words a student can read in a minute to determine a student’s reading comprehension.

Beginning in the third grade, comprehension becomes the single focus of reading instruction.

The recommended instructional time for English Language Arts should include two hours or more beginning in third grade.

Summarizing is a difficult skill for students, but it is most important for students to learn to relate key details in their own words. Students should try to reduce the number of words in a text to 25% of the original.

Any reading practice that calls on one student at a time to read to the whole class is considered round robin or popcorn reading.

You are a fourth grade teacher. You want to create a “Fix-up Strategies” Anchor Chart to assist students when reading comprehension breaks down. Choose the BEST option.

When students make inferences, they are

The second grade teacher is teaching a unit using three versions of The Three Little Pigs.  The teacher is asking the students to compare the texts and make connections. What kind of connections are the students making?

You are a fourth grade teacher. You want to create a “Fix-up Strategies” Anchor Chart to assist students when reading comprehension breaks down. Choose the BEST option.