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Literacy / Wide Open Learning

6 Ways to Help Students Soak Up Difficult Texts

To make sure social studies content reading is accessible to all of her students, no matter their level of reading when they arrive, Megan Kelly has added strategies to her literacy toolbox to create entry points for everyone. See the six activities she’s developed so far.

Literacy / Wide Open Learning

Literacy Activities That Boost Content Learning

In classes like social studies and science, students are expected to do complex nonfiction reading. How can we ensure they’ll process and retain the content for future use? History/ELA teacher Megan Kelly shares fun activities to help kids think more deeply about information text.