Reading Tools

Highlight, underline, circle, and add notes to any passage, right on the board.

Build a main idea table with a topic, a main idea, and three supporting details.

Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain. Build a strong written answer one step at a time.

Use the words around a tricky word to figure out what it means.

Look up a word to see what it means, hear it, and see an example sentence and a picture.

Students try a word first, then get coached one hint at a time until they can spell it on their own.

Research a topic using only kid-friendly websites, then save sources and take notes.