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(Reading strategies) Methods used in reading to determine the meaning of a text. Examples are: rereading; substituting an appropriate familiar word for an unfamiliar one; using root words to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words; using background knowledge to determine meaning; using

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effect: the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
The substance or essence of a speech or text
The real point of an action
kernel: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; “the gist of the prosecutor’s argument”; “the heart and soul of the Republican Party”; “the nub of the story”
In computing, GiST or Generalized Search Tree, is a data structure and API that can be used to build a variety of disk-based search trees.

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Now We Get It!: Boosting Comprehension with Collaborative Strategic Reading

A proven method for teaching reading skills in mixed-ability classrooms
Collaborative Strategic Reading is an innovative new approach to teaching reading that weaves together two instructional programs: cooperative learning and reading comprehension strategy instruction. In small groups, students work through the four main steps-Preview, “Click and Clunk,” Get the Gist, and Wrap Up-helping each other improve comprehension and increase reading fluency. This book offers a hands-on guide to implementing CSR in grades 4 through 12. It includes sample dialogues for teachers to use during instruction, ready-to-use activities, a wealth of classroom-ready materials, and tips for training on CSR.
Bonus web content includes a PowerPoint presentation on CSR and short video clips.
A proven program for improving reading skills in mixed-ability classrooms
Janette Klingner and bestselling author Sharon Vaughn are the originators of CSR
CSR recently won a highly coveted i3 (Investing in Innovation) grant from the U.S. Department of Education
How to Teach Collaborative Strategic Reading helps educators, reading specialists, and staff developers create better readers through CSR.

Know The USA Cards

Vocabulary: Varied.

Suggested activity:

Warm up / reading strategies – each student picks a card, reads the text on it for the gist and tells their classmates something interesting they learned from it.

Warm up / game – students are paired up. Each pair picks one card and prepares a "trivia" question to the other groups. If they get the answer right, they get one point.

Great for intermediate, advanced and conversation classes, as they’ll be working on the language while finding out more about american culture.

Availability: one set.

Reading Strategies Puzzle

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This one-of-a-kind book identifies practical reading intervention strategies based on students’ informal reading inventory results.

Today teachers need valid research-based measures for reading improvement, assessments to determine students’ reading abilities, and intervention strategies to guide students back on track. To help teachers connect students’ performance and evaluation to instruction, best-selling authors JoAnne Caldwell and Lauren Leslie outline practical intervention strategies that are aligned with any informal reading inventory. Targeting the latest research, this edition includes new student case studies, more writing applications, a focus on teaching with classroom materials, and a new PDToolkit (available either with the book or alone). By identifying intervention strategies based on assessment, the book helps teachers and students address difficulties in word identification, fluency, prior knowledge, and comprehension.

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