Into the Book
can be accessed using this website https://reading.ecb.org/index.html.
This tool is a multimedia package designed to aide elementary students
and teachers in reading comprehension.
It focuses on eight research based strategies: Using Prior Knowledge, Making Connections,
Questioning, Visualizing, Inferring, Summarizing, Evaluating and
Synthesizing. It includes online
interactive activities that can engage students in the mentioned skills. Into the Book was developed by PBS Wisconsin
Education with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction and a team of
experienced educators.
The homepage contains a student
website, a teacher website and a professional learning website. The student website includes a number of
activities for each of the targeted eight strategies. For the Activating Prior Knowledge strategy
there is a teaching guide, video and an interactive activity to do. There are also posters and songs for the
other strategies. The teacher’s website
contains free resources such as lesson plans and printable activities. I especially like the PDF document to
activate prior knowledge using your five senses chart. It is a chart that can help readers activate
their knowledge before reading a text.
The professional learning website offers a professional development plan
that can assist educators with student learning outcomes in reading
comprehension. All of these websites
provide additional sites to locate other tools and resources to develop reading
comprehension skills.
The homepage also offers a tab for
Standards. These Standards integrate activities
for Foundational Skills, Literature, Informational Text, Writing, Language,
Speaking and Listening. The Foundational
Skills provide activities in Phonics, Word Recognition and Fluency. Literature and Informational Text offers Key
ideas and Details, Craft and Structure, Integration of Knowledge and Ideas, and
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity.
Writing provides activities in Production and Distribution of Writing
and Research to Build and Present Knowledge.
The Standard for Language provides Conventions of Standard English, and
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use.
Listening and Speaking Standard activities include Comprehension and
Collaboration.
Into the Book is a resourceful tool
that can help teachers support their lessons with strategies to develop reading
comprehension skills. It provides a
variety of strategies and activities to address skills necessary for reading
comprehension. I find all the
information and resources effective for learners to think and learn across the
curriculum.
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