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17 Research Based Reading Comprehension Strategies

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This comprehensive guide was created for middle and high school teachers who are interested in incorporating reading strategy instruction into their content areas. The guide includes seventeen classroom ready lesson plans, including six strategies

Subjects:

Reading, Education, Reading Strategies

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, ...

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Research, Handouts, Lesson

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The Milky Way Galaxy Student Background Reading

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This product will grab your students' attention and provide them with the background information they need to understand our place in the Universe. The reading includes vivid graphics, reading comprehension questions, an overview of the Milky Way

Subjects:

Science, Astronomy, Physical Science

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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Handouts, Guided Reading Books, Lesson

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All About Cells: Powerpoint, Guided Notes, and Webquest

By Inquiry Science

This product will give your students the background information they will need to understand plant cells, animal cells, bacteria cells and all of the different organelles. Included you will find an engaging Powerpoint slideshow with 50 colorful

Subjects:

Science, Biology

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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PowerPoint Presentations, Worksheets, Webquests

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Animal Diversity Webquest

By Inquiry Science

This webquest was designed for middle school students to help them understand the difference between mammals, birds, amphibians, fish and reptiles. The webquest is easy to follow and guides students through an incredible website that includes vivid

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Science, Biology, General Science

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Worksheets, Webquests

$5.00

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All about Food Chains and Food Webs: Powerpoint, Guided Notes, Assessment

By Inquiry Science

This product will give your students the background information they will need to understand food chains and food webs. Included you will find an engaging Powerpoint slideshow with 10 colorful slides that contain high-resolution pictures and graphs.

Subjects:

Biology, Environment, General Science

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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PowerPoint Presentations, Handouts, Internet Activities

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Nature of Science: Bias and Collaboration

By Inquiry Science

This lesson plan uses a poem and class discussion to help students witness how incomplete data and bias can impact scientific inferences. Included you will find a lesson overview, learning targets, materials list, step by step procedure and student

Subjects:

Science, Basic Principles, General Science

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Handouts, Printables

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Nature of Science: Observations and Inferences

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This lesson plan is designed to help students understand a handful of important nature of science concepts including the relationship between inferences, observations and scientific explanations. In addition, the lesson plan highlights the

Subjects:

Reading, Basic Principles, General Science

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Research, Activities, Lesson

$5.00

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Bubbles Lab Investigation

By Inquiry Science

This inquiry-based investigation includes a fun, hands-on way to build student background knowledge for different components of a science investigation. Students make giant bubbles (and simultaneously clean their desks) as they make hypotheses,

Subjects:

Science, Basic Principles, General Science

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Laboratory, Lesson

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Nature of Science: Draw a Scientist

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This inquiry gives students the opportunity to draw a picture of what they think a real life scientist looks like based on their background knowledge. Students then collect gender, ethnicity and other demographic information regarding all of the

Subjects:

Science, Basic Principles, General Science

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Activities, Handouts, Lesson

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Nature of Science: Mayan Calendar and the End of the World!

By Inquiry Science

This lesson plan is a scientific inquiry into the predicted doomsday scenario that is associated with the end of the Mayan Calendar. It includes prompts for a great class discussion that will address student misconceptions and fears surrounding

Subjects:

Basic Principles, Other (Science), General Science

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Activities, Lesson

$5.00

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Circulatory System Powerpoint and Guided Notes

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This Powerpoint slideshow includes 21 slides that will give students background information on the structure and function of the Circulatory System and all of it's parts. The slideshow includes high resolution scanning electron microscope

Subjects:

Science, Anatomy, Biology

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

PowerPoint Presentations, Worksheets, Webquests

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Nature of Science Student Background Reading

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This all inclusive lesson plan gives students important background knowledge regarding the nature of science. The nature of science refers to the characteristics of scientific knowledge that necessarily result from the scientific investigations

Subjects:

Science, Basic Principles, General Science

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Worksheets, Lesson

$5.00

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Comets, Meteors, and Asteroids: Flashcards and Powerpoint

By Inquiry Science

This product includes everything your students will need to understand the difference between comets, meteors, asteroids and meteorites. This product includes all of the following: A Powerpoint slideshow that includes 14 slides with great images

Subjects:

Reading, Astronomy

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Homeschool

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PowerPoint Presentations, Flash Cards, Guided Reading Books

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A Classroom Management System That Works: The Reminder System

By Inquiry Science

This behavior system develops strong habits of work and provides students with the skills necessary to be independent learners. The reminder system was designed to help teachers and students maximize the amount of learning time that can occur for

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas, Classroom Management, Problem Solving

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th

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Teacher Manuals, Handouts, Rubrics

$5.00

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An Inquiry into the Earth's Seasons

By Inquiry Science

This inquiry based investigation includes dynamic online resources that will build student background knowledge so that they can understand the reason that the Earth has seasons. Classroom activities include simulations, hands-on classroom

Subjects:

Astronomy, Earth Sciences, Astronomy

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Homeschool

Types:

Handouts, Internet Activities, Lesson

$5.00

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Methods of Fossilization

By Inquiry Science

This slide show explains various methods of fossilization including mold and cast fossils, petrification, actual remains, carbon film fossils, and trace fossils. The slide show includes links to various websites and picture examples of each type of

Subjects:

Biology, Earth Sciences, General Science

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Lectures, PowerPoint Presentations

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Microbiology: A comprehensive guide to Eukaryotic cell structure

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This comprehensive Powerpoint of Eukaryotic cells features 50 slides and a table of contents. Pictures, diagrams and text are arranged in a logical outline to cover the following information: membranes, endocytosis, pinocytosis, phagocytosis, the

Subjects:

Biology, Biology

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education

Types:

Lectures, PowerPoint Presentations, Outlines

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Microbiology: Bacterial Nutrition and Reproduction Powerpoint

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This is a very thorough Powerpoint lecture that features 50 slides and a table of contents. Pictures, diagrams and text are arranged in a logical outline to cover the following aspects of bacterial growth: culturing microorganisms, media, function

Subjects:

Biology, Biology

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Staff

Types:

Lectures, PowerPoint Presentations, Outlines

$5.00

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Literacy For All: Expert Reader Literature Circles

By Inquiry Science

This program was designed to promote literacy across all disciplines. Expert Reader provides instant scaffolding for all students and allows them to experience literacy from four points of view: the summarizer, the vocabulary teacher, the webmaster

Subjects:

Reading, Literature, Reading Strategies

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Handouts, Literature Circles, Centers

$3.50

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What is the Nature of Science and Why Should I Teach It?

By Inquiry Science

This literature review is intended for middle and high school science teachers who strive to teach inquiry based lesson plans that help students learn through discovery. The information presented within includes a thorough background discussion on

Subjects:

Science, Basic Principles, Education

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, Higher Education, Adult Education, ...

Types:

Research, Activities, Lesson

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have taught middle school science for ten years and I hold a master's degree in science education from Montana State University.

MY TEACHING STYLE

My teaching style is inquiry based, with an emphasis on the nature of science.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

2010 Science Teacher of the Year

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

Master of Science in Science Education Montana State University August, 2010

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I currently work at an Expeditionary Learning School in Bend, Oregon.

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SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Reading, Specialty, Science, Anatomy, Astronomy, Basic Principles, Biology, Earth Sciences, Environment, Other (Science), For All Subjects, Literature, Classroom Management, General Science, Physical Science, Problem Solving, Reading Strategies