What students already know about a given topic that can be used to construct meaning.

A text that students can read. It may be adapted with scaffolded outlines, study guides, rewritten texts, and leveled texts.

A flexible grouping strategy to teach new information or ideas that all students need to learn. The whole class will be involved in this group.

A teaching idea that encourages students to ask questions about a given text and then discern what type of questions they are asking. The questions might be memory-level (thin) or evaluative (thick).

An abbreviation for survey, question, read, record, recite, and reflect. This is a textbook reading study strategy that incorporates these six skills to learn more about the text.

A flexible grouping strategy where three to five students meet to accomplish several different purposes. Small groups typically only last for around twenty minutes.

Words that give readers clues about what type of pattern is dominant in a section of text.

A text pattern that clearly outlines the steps in a process or lists the order in which events happened.

Students will take turns reading a text aloud.

A way to promote language development and vocabulary acquisition through reading aloud. This can engage any age group, deepen content knowledge, and encourage higher order thinking. The material may be read aloud by the teacher or by students in the classroom.