Into the Book

http://reading.ecb.org/index.html

This highly interactive site will engage students while teaching them about comprehension strategies. The student pages introduce:

• PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
• MAKING CONNECTIONS
• QUESTIONING
• VISUALIZING
• INFERRING
• SUMMARIZING
• EVALUATING
• SYNTHESIZING
• USING STRATEGIES TOGETHER

The teacher pages give lesson ideas (Gradual Release Lesson Plan ), extra demonstration videos, downloads for songs and lyrics, previews of the student interactive activity, and much more.

For example, the lesson plan to introduce PRIOR KNOWLEDGE incorporates a STUDENT VIDEO with a featured text, viewing timing and discussion questions, and a themed song. Program Synopsis: In this episode, Mrs. Pingel teaches the students the strategy of activating prior knowledge. During a read-aloud of The Story of Kate Shelley, Emmet is so engaged that he goes "into the book" and helps Kate. He then uses the strategy to help him with his rock climbing.