"Written by Lori Oczkus and Timothy Rasinski, this resource brings together two key strategies from the Common Core State Standards: close reading of paired texts."
"Prepare fifth grade students for college and career readiness with this content-packed resource. Authored by Lori Oczkus and Timothy Rasinski, this resource includes 12 units across the four content areas of language arts, science, social studies, and mathematics. Each unit incorporates close reading, paired fiction and nonfiction text passages, text-dependent questions, comparing and contrasting text, and hands-on activities to unify e ..."
"Prepare fourth grade students for college and career readiness with this content-packed resource. Authored by Lori Oczkus and Timothy Rasinski, this resource includes 12 units across the four content areas of language arts, science, social studies, and mathematics. Each unit incorporates close reading, paired fiction and nonfiction text passages, text-dependent questions, comparing and contrasting text, and hands-on activities to unify ..."
"Prepare kindergarten students for college and career readiness with this content-packed resource. Authored by Lori Oczkus and Timothy Rasinski, this resource includes 12 units across the four content areas of language arts, science, social studies, and mathematics. Each unit incorporates close reading, paired fiction and nonfiction text passages, text-dependent questions, comparing and contrasting text, and hands-on activities to unify ..."
"Prepare second grade students for college and career readiness with this content-packed resource. Authored by Lori Oczkus and Timothy Rasinski, this resource includes 12 units across the four content areas of language arts, science, social studies, and mathematics. Each unit incorporates close reading, paired fiction and nonfiction text passages, text-dependent questions, comparing and contrasting text, and hands-on activities to unify ..."
"Prepare first grade students for college and career readiness with this content-packed resource. Authored by Lori Oczkus and Timothy Rasinski, this resource includes 12 units across the four content areas of language arts, science, social studies, and mathematics. Each unit incorporates close reading, paired fiction and nonfiction text passages, text-dependent questions, comparing and contrasting text, and hands-on activities to unify e ..."
Just the Facts(1st Edition) Close Reading and Comprehension of Informational Text - Grades K-8 (Professional Books) by LoriOczkus, Shell Education, Pam Allyn Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2014 by Shell Education ISBN-13: 978-1-4258-1316-1, ISBN: 1-4258-1316-X
"Use informational text in the classroom effectively to support close reading and comprehension. This dynamic resource provides a clear explanation of how to use informational text in the classroom and includes practical tips, suggestions, lesson ideas, and digital resources. Aligned to College and Career Readiness and other state standards, this is the perfect tool to enhance students' comprehension of informational text.About Shell Edu ..."
"Prepare third grade students for college and career readiness with this content-packed resource. Authored by Lori Oczkus and Timothy Rasinski, this resource includes 12 units across the four content areas of language arts, science, social studies, and mathematics. Each unit incorporates close reading, paired fiction and nonfiction text passages, text-dependent questions, comparing and contrasting text, and hands-on activities to unify e ..."
Interactive Think-Aloud Lessons 25 Surefire Ways to Engage Students and Improve Comprehension by LoriOczkus Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 2009 by Scholastic Teaching Resources (Theory An ISBN-13: 978-0-545-10279-7, ISBN: 0-545-10279-0
"25 Surefire Ways to Engage Students and Improve Comprehension\n\nIn Interactive Think-Aloud Lessons, you will find a wealth of exciting classroom-tested lessons that will aid you in teaching the comprehension strategies--connect, predict/infer, question, summarize, monitor/clarify, and evaluate--through a variety of modalities. Interactive think alouds engage students during the modeling phase of the lesson with gestures to cue the stra ..."
"Fiction Text Teacher Notes Shiloh: A Requiem Lesson Steps • Distribute the text
to students and display a larger version. ... Discuss how reading fluently on it
easier to understand the poem helps convey meaning. when you read it yourself
? ... Place students in small groups. Ask them what 5 the theme of the poem is.
Have them discuss o how they think the speaker in the poem feels # about the
battle and if this relates to the theme. ..."
"A ball hitting a bat is a distinct sound. Get ready for a baseball game as students
sing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" and read a nonfiction text about the history
of Little League”. Oh yeah, Answerkey) don't ... The text says, At first, only boys
could play in Little League”. Now, any child Who Wants to play baseball can join
a Little ... include the following on the timelines: Take Me Out to the Ball Game 1st
: Buy peanuts and cr ..."
"Lesson Plan Overview Teacher Pages o o o o o s o o - S. s > The lessons have
overview pages that include ... Prior to implementing the lessons, provide
students with copies of the texts to mark throughout the lessons, and project
larger ..."
"Teach kindergarten students close reading strategies that strengthen their fluency and comprehension skills!"
The Fabulous Four Reading Comprehension Puppets by LoriOczkus 16 Pages, Published 2008 ISBN-13: 978-1-60184-128-5, ISBN: 1-60184-128-0
Reciprocal Teaching at Work,(3rd Edition) Powerful Strategies and Lessons for Improving Reading Comprehension, by Lori D. Oczkus, John Hattie Paperback, 365 Pages, Published 2018 by Ascd ISBN-13: 978-1-4166-2599-5, ISBN: 1-4166-2599-2
"Foreword by John HattieIn this fully revised and expanded third edition of the bestselling Reciprocal Teaching at Work, Lori D. Oczkus provides both tried-and-true and fresh solutions for teaching reading comprehension.Reciprocal teaching is a scaffolded discussion technique that builds on the Fab Four strategies that good readers use to understand text: predicting, questioning, clarifying, and summarizing.With a focus on these four evi ..."
Guided Writing(1st Edition) Practical Lessons, Powerful Results by Lori D. Oczkus Paperback, 168 Pages, Published 2007 by Heinemann ISBN-13: 978-0-325-01071-7, ISBN: 0-325-01071-4
"Guided Writing is your handbook for the newest, most effective way to move students into independent writing. Lori Oczkus provides everything you need to support children in the fledgling phase between carefully modeled group writing and their first solo pieces. Guided Writing explains how to observe which stage of writing development your writers are in, how to challenge them to stretch their writing into the next developmental phase, ..."
"By Elizabeth Cregan and Dona Herwick Rice Marie Curie is one of the most
brilliant, important, and revolutionary scientists the world has ever known. She
transformed the way people look at the world of energy and the resources
available to ..."
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"Electrical Wizard Quiz (page 89) Students' quizzes will vary but should include
factual information about transferring energy and electricity. Standards * Refer to
details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and
when drawing inferences from the text. * Determine the meaning of general
academic and domain-specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4
topic or subject area. * Know that ele ..."
"Use these level 1 paired texts to test your students' understanding of the key ideas, details, and text structures! Students will also be assessed on their ability to evaluate and draw reasonable conclusions about the text."