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Reading Rockets
I like how Reading Rockets provided graphic organizers that paired with the specific skill being discussed. It seemed very user friendly and had easy suggestions for promoting specific skills within your classroom. I especially liked the Seven Strategies to Teach Students Text Comprehension article.

AdLit
Right away this website stood out to me as something I would use in the classroom. The way this site is laid out made it very easy to find what you were looking for. I liked how the format was activities for before, during, and after reading strategies as well as showing if the organizer provided a focus in vocabulary, comprehension, and/or writing. I would definitely use this website as a tool in a secondary reading classroom.

Vimeo
I love that this website provided videos of lessons for teachers to act as observers and learn from each other. This is a great tool and allows us to see what other teachers are succeeding at in their own reading instruction.

Reading Strategies That Really Work
This packet seemed very teacher friendly. I liked that they listed the strategy, told you when it's useful (before, during, or after reading), listed the targeted skills, and gave examples of what using the strategy looked like. This is another tool I would definitely use in the classroom.

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AdLit and "Reading Strategies that Really Work" were my favorite websites. I found that they were very user friendly and it would help me as a secondary reading teacher because I could go to these websites to get specific strategies and specific purposes. The AdLit website have before, during and after strategies with vocabulary, comprehension, and/or a writing focus and some even had graphic organizers to go with them. The "Reading Strategies that Really Work" also had the strategies and when you'd used them (before, during, after). The strategies had the targeted reading skills, what they were and what it looked like. I also found the Reading Rockets website to be brief and interesting. The metacognition section got me thinking about secondary students and the importance of using metacognition to monitor their own comprehension and it starts with teacher modeling. As a secondary reading teacher I need to teach students to identify where the difficulty occurs, identify what the difficulty is, restate the difficult sentence or passage in their own words, look back through the text, and look forward in the text for information that might help them to resolve the difficulty. I would likely post sentence stems to promote the metacognition of comprehension such as: "I don't understand...", "I don't get what the author means...", "Maybe the author means...because...", "Maybe if I reread _____, I could figure our ____", etc.

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I found the Reading Quest website useful because it names the strategies and actually gives you a link to the directions on how to use the strategies. It also has the charts and graphic organizers readily available, which as a teacher is always a welcome thing.  And it doesn’t cost any money.

I also really liked the Reading Strategies that Really Work because it lists the targeted skills for each of the strategies.  It plays out like a really nice cheat sheet when looking for a new way to do something because maybe another strategy is not working.  There appears to be a lot of good information in the document.

The Reading Rockets website also seems to have some nice tools, ranging from strategies to finding books to use, to suggested videos and podcasts.  Getting familiar with a website like this one might give a teacher some more tools in their toolbelt when looking for new idea.

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Reading Quest
Awesome site! I loved the alphabetical list of strategies, instructions and graphic organizers. Each strategy applies to many subjects.

Reading Rockets
Lots of good info for reading teachers. I love the exploration of critical thinking. I think teaching critical thinking is the most valuable lesson we can teach our students.

AdLIt
Adlit was easily my favorite because they broke the strategies down into pre-reading,  during and after reading. This is well organized and easy to navigate.

All the websites had valuable information. I plan on adding the website and strategies to my chart.

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Overall, I really liked these websites, videos and resources. I think a big issue teachers face is hearing about a great idea but not being actually to implement it into the room, or not knowing how - whether it's actually how to teach it or what to teach it with. With all these great premade graphic organizers, that is MUCH easier. I can also use these resources in my school to help promote literacy in all of the content areas since the resources are already created - the teachers just need the links (and maybe some guidance on the best of the best resources). The content teachers can also use the Vimeo page to help see how teachers are really using the resources in an actual classroom - that's always helpful!

From the Reading Quest website I really liked the ABC Brainstorm, Storymap, QAR, and 3 Minute Response graphic organizers. I can see using them in my room and all content areas.

From the Reading Rockets website, I again liked that the graphic organizers are already made, and I think this website and Reading Quest are the best laid out and most user friendly. I liked the Types of Questions and could see making that into an anchor chart. I think this is the best to show other content teachers.

I loved the paragraph shrinking and exit slips on Ad Lit! I will be using those for sure. I don't know that it's the most user friendly at first, but I think with some deeper exploring it would be very useful.

The WHSD/Reading Strategies That Really Work was the least user friendly to me, and I know my content area teachers wouldn't read it. I think there was some really valuable information in it, but I don't know if this would be the best resources to use to help integrate reading across the content areas.

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READING QUEST

This seemed well laid out. I found graphic organizers that will help with my small group reading class I like the carousal brainstorm for a pre- activity to just about any subject. It could be used in reading, science, social, even math.

ADLIT

I know we were only to look at the strategies, but I got caught up in some research articles that were interesting. I do like how the strategies were in categories and there was a description on how they help in the areas of vocabulary, comprehension and writing. I also liked the description of the benefits, background information, and how to use the strategy.

READING ROCKETS

Reading rockets provides valuable information to help students increase their reading abilities. The story board is something I will be incorporating in their independent reading. Also, it is another place to find more of the same graphic organizers with descriptions and when to use them.

VIMEO

When one wants to see how a strategy is used in the classroom, one can come here and see how the strategy is used. this is great and wonderful if you have the time to watch the video. Maybe in the summer when one is relaxing and thinking about the next years classes.

WHSD.K12.PA.US

This may have valuable information, but there seemed a lot for one to read when they are in a hurry to find something to help with a different reading strategy. I probably would not use this as much because there is so much to read to find the one thing that may make a lesson better.

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1. AdLit was my favorite of the sites for lesson planning ideas. I absolutely love the way the strategies were organized in that table! I'm a big fan of tables because it helps you cross reference all the different aspects you need in a strategy and find exactly what you're looking for instead of sifting through a giant list like on some of the other sites. The descriptions were clear but succinct, and I liked the graphic organizers and additional links.
2. Reading Quest was pretty good too, but with such short descriptions of what the strategies were, or how/when they would be used, I think a fair amount of time could be spent opening and reading strategies and still not finding the one I wanted.
3. Reading Rockets I'd already been introduced to during an ESL class, when I was also introduced to ReadWriteThink, which I like and use more than Reading Rockets. RR would be more a site I would use if I had to talk to colleagues or parents about reading strategies. It's great if you need more info about the theories behind reading strategies, but I feel like for lesson planning quickly, it would be much slower than AdLit.
4. The Vimeo videos that I watched I found difficult to get much useful information from. Plus, the teachers all talked too fast! There was one where an EL student was clearly not understanding what she was saying, and then she kept chastising him for zoning out. As an ESL license candidate, it was painful to watch her miss the reason for his inattention, but a good reminder to myself to talk more slowly!
5. The Reading Strategies Packet was too wordy - I much preferred the individual strategy worksheets we read for our Session 2 class! I couldn't see using this.

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Reading Quest

This website is a quick source for printable graphic organizers.  I clicked around and looked at a few and they were very clear and would be easy to use. It seems like I spend a fair amount of time looking for an quick source of graphic organizers that I can print for class. The History Frame graphic organizer looks like it could be useful for textbook sections.

Reading Rockets

This is a good website for reading teachers to find information about the tools of our craft. For example, it gives info on why graphic novels are good the struggling reader.  It gives links to related blogs if you want more info.

Adolescent Literacy

The first impression of the website is nice. I like the clean layout and it seems more updated than Reading Quest. There is good and easily accessible info for teachers. I like the chart for graphic organizers – it clearly marks the focus. When you click on the organizer – it give a brief background, lists the benefits and how to use it. You can down load in Word,which is nice if you need to make modifications.

TC Reading and Writing Project

Videos are really nice if you want to see a strategy in practice.  I initially avoid watching videos due to time constraints, but when I invest the time, I always get something out of it. I’m thinking that I should take some time over the weekend and watch some of them. I watched a class on text based debate and it was very good.

Reading Strategies That Really Work

This is information written format.  Lots of text – not sure if I would use this when I could go to a website.

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Reading Quest.org

There were so many wonderful comprehension strategies and graphic organizers on this site!  The one strategy that stuck with me was the 3-minute pause strategy.  Sometimes as teachers, we worry about time and content coverage.  Students need time for clarification, reflection and processing of new material.  Taking breaks after large sections for this time allows students the time to process and clarify the information presented, and would reduce the need for re-teaching of materials.

Reading Rockets

I have used this site as a reference as it is organized, easy to read and navigate.  The QAR (Question-Answer Relationship) strategy and the paragraph shrinking both are strategies that I would use.  I like how the QAR strategy teaches the students to think about their thinking – what is the question asking and where do I find the answer?  Paragraph shrinking breaks texts into smaller sections and gives students time to reflect on the content and build on prior knowledge and text.

Adlit.org

The video/multimedia section has a “Meet the Author” section.  What a fun experience for students!  There was also a large section of professional development and classroom video modules.  Under “Just for Fun”, students can play Free Rice game – for each vocabulary word they get right, 10 grains of rice are donated through the World Food Programme to help end hunger.

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I liked the comparison/contrast chart because it was something different than a vein diagram. The ability to compare and contrast ideas, topics, readings, characters, etc is an important analytical skill for students and adults. I also liked the Power Thinking, it's a great simple way to teach outlining and simple note-taking. It would help struggling students pull out what they NEED to know. The semantic features analysis would benefit those students as well so they could create a table to store main ideas or key concepts.
2. Reading Rockets
Instruction of comprehension MUST be explicit with explanations and modeling which all aligns with Gear's lessons. Ensuring that we are doing this well will give students the skills they need to be successful in reading increasing complex text. Teaching students to be aware of their comprehension and metacognition  is vital. They must stop and realize when something doesn't make sense and retread or ask questions when it doesn't. (I used this strategy all the time while trying to comprehend the NRP!)
3. Adlit
I loved the concept sort for vocabulary! We learned that teaching spelling by pattern through sorts is a great way for students to internalize those paths, it makes sense to transfer that to vocabulary. This could be adapted also, give headings for strugglers and do not for on level or higher readers. The DRTA is a great one for critical thinking that can be used across levels of text. The seed discussion seemed like a good one as well because they jobs seems fair and equal and all students must come prepared with their own info. I also love exit slips. I use them all the time to gauge whether or not students have understood what done for the day in any given subject.
4.TCRWP
The inquiry group activity for synthesizing text was great and would promote discussion (this would benefit kids who get the concepts but might struggle with writing. I also liked the text based debate because students must have a firm understanding of the text to provide evidence for their stance.
5. Whsd.k12.pa.us
The sociogram for character analysis within a short story or a novel would be a very engaging activity. Collaborative annotation would be an option for struggling reader because it would help them divide and conquer by reducing the work load (a modification).