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Jennifer Serravallo’s Reading Strategies BookSupporting Comprehension in Nonfiction: Determining Main Topic(s) and Idea(s)This document was designed to streamline Serravallo's work to target strategies just for nonfiction. Reading the text set for assessments such as the Florida Standards Assessment (FSA) is a huge issue for many students. Complex text is being presented and the old standard, "The main idea is usually the first or the last sentence in the paragraph" just doesn't work. As ELA

This is an informational text about Hispanic Heritage Month. Students are to read, code the text for main ideas, and write to respond to the follow Florida Standards Assessment (FSA) or CCSS, PARRC, AIR style prompt: Writing Prompt: Our school is having a Fiesta to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. Write an informative essay to discuss why studying about the Hispanic culture is important. Also, included in this lesson set is a list of Hispanic Heritage related books as well as Social Studies s

This document was designed to help map out a year of writing. Broken down into 9 weeks sections, featuring Language Arts Florida Standards (LAFS), and Webb's Depth of Knowledge. Follow this structure to introduce and reinforce the hardest standards first and focus on what matters most as far as the text-based writing for the Florida Standards Assessment (FSA) or any PARRC style test. An additional page shows the thinking behind the path. Using the Achievement Level Descriptors (ALDs) and the

Attached is a listing of myON books that span January (Martin Luther King's birthday) through March (Women's History Month) or any time you choose to student the history of African Americans. The books were gathered to be accessible to students Kindergarten through fifth grade. I separated them into two text sets. "Text Set 1" contains books for students kindergarten through fifth grade. "Text Set 2" is for the older reader due to more mature content.. Also indicated are the ATOS level, recommen

Attached is a listing of myON books that support my school's expectations related to the mnemonics of SOAR and PRIDE. The books were gathered to be accessible to students Kindergarten through fifth grade. I separated them into two text sets. "Text Set 1" contains books Lexile 420-820 which is approximately the grade 2-3 reading band. "Text Set 2" is for the older reader, Lexile 600ish to 1,010 (grade 4-5 band). Also indicated are the ATOS level, recommended grade level, AR points, audio tim