Fun-tastic Activities for Differentiating Comprehension Instruction Grades 2-6 - Softcover

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Get your students motivated in ""Fun-tastic Activities for Differentiating Comprehension Instruction"". Grades 2-6, you will discover unique, student-friendly strategies that target the specific needs of all your intermediate-grade students through the blending of teacher-led small-group instruction, independent student adventure, and the exploration of game-based literacy activities. By using Literacy Bins - multi-unit compartments containing thematic, content-aligned activities selected by students - you will strengthen your comprehension strategy instruction by applying it within informational, content area reading. You will discover how to use these engaging activities to differentiate instruction, build your students' background knowledge and fluency skills, scaffold students' understandings of content material, and address skill development in areas where difficulties may easily go undetected. The activities in this book are carefully designed and selected to encourage skill development by supplementing and enhancing instruction to address a variety of learning styles. Both reading and writing are integrated in Literacy Bins activities, which may include creating minibooks; creative writing such as plays, poetry, and critiques; building vocabulary through words searches, jumbles, and crosswords; and, technology-based activities using blogs and wikkis.