Need online help with TAKS? TEA, Texas Education Agency has published an amazing student/parent page. http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/parents.html Want to find a book in our library? Follow this link to our on-line catalog: http://library.garlandisd.net/cataloging/servlet/presentadvancedsearchredirectorform.do?l2m=Library%20Search&tm=Catalog Follow this link to see if we have an AR test for your book: http://www.arbookfind.com/UserType.aspx Most favored by parents on this site are the online study guide. Study guides are available for each grade level and include a description of every objective tested. The study guides also contain guided and coached practice as well as independent practice. Answer keys are also included. Want to know what your child's book is about? Want to help them discover new books to read? Here are a few places we recommend for you... This site is a favorite! Bookrags contains a wide catalog to search. Not only will you find a study guide to go along with the novels in their data banks, you will also find (for most books) a section for Discussion Topics. Not only will these topics inspire conversations that help you monitor your child's comprehension of what he or she is reading, but it is also a great way to stay connected. Talking about the books your child reads is a great window of opportunity, it is a relationship builder and reinforcer. So make it a hot topic of discussion over dinner one night, or have a chat on the way to soccer practice...you won't regret it! http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/yalsa.cfm This web site has so many great features: award winners, guides, and activities. | Tips for working with your student to help them develop their reading skills. Partner Reading Take turns reading aloud with your child. Taking the first turn as the reader will allow you to model what a fluent reader sounds like. Make sure he or she follows along with you, and when it is his or her turn to read aloud your job is help him or her when he or she hits a stumbling block. Please note that if your child is reading on his or her independent level, there should be very few mistakes. Re-read Reading a passage more than once is a great help. It helps comprehension and is a tool that all good readers utilize. When reading aloud, fluency is greatly increased as well. Paragraph Shrinking A great way to get to the main idea! There are just three steps for this process: 1) Name the Who or What of the Paragraph 2) What is important about the Who or What? 3) Say it ten words or less! Here are some great links for graphic organizers to help your student with Character Analysis and Plot Outlines: http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/instruction/ela/6-12/tools/character%20study.pdf http://www.cmsdnet.net/OPD/ELAPacingCharts/Fourth%20Grade%20Graphic%20Organizers.pdf
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