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Activity 168
Assessment 5
Intervention 4
Platform 6
Practice 2
Resource 5
Routine 15
Strategy 11
Supplemental Curriculum 7
Tool 11
Pre-K students
Vocabulary

Meaning Maker

During this activity, students will listen to a passage twice, identify unknown or tricky words, and discuss what they mean.
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Grammar + Syntax Vocabulary

PreK On My Way

Pre K On My Way is a comprehensive curriculum designed to help Pre-Kindergarten students build important foundational skills across language, literacy, math, science, fine arts, physical development, social studies, and technology.
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Pre-K students
Grammar + Syntax Vocabulary

Picture Cube

Students roll a cube and practice describing the image that the cube lands on.
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Pre-K students
Grammar + Syntax Vocabulary

Root-O!

Students identify the meaning of root words, generate additional words using a specific root, and produce sentences that use each new word.
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Pre-K students
Comprehension Monitoring Grammar + Syntax Inference Perspective Taking Vocabulary

Learn to listen, listen to learn

The Learn to Listen, Listen to Learn strategy provides students with the opportunity to engage in rich discussion about a topic.
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Pre-K students
Grammar + Syntax Vocabulary

Meaning Map

This activity engages students in describing target words and providing examples of the words.
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Pre-K students
Grammar + Syntax Inference Perspective Taking Reasoning Vocabulary

Ask and Answer

In this activity, students will take turns formulating and answering questions as they engage with a text.
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Pre-K students
Reasoning Text Structure

Super Summary

Students identify the main idea and supporting details of an expository text.
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Comprehension Monitoring Inference Perspective Taking

Learning to Infer

This resource provides a clear lesson outline for practitioners to use to introduce and practice Inference.
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Comprehension Monitoring Grammar + Syntax Inference Perspective Taking Vocabulary

Ekwall/Shanker Reading Inventory Fifth Edition

The Ekwall/Shanker Reading Inventory (Fifth Edition) measures students’ reading and language skills across 12 subtests.
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Pre-K students
Inference Text Structure

Story Grammar

Students identify story elements within a fictiont text.
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Pre-K students
Inference Perspective Taking Reasoning Text Structure

Retell Ring

Students discuss a fiction text using question prompts.
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Additional Practices

Shared Book Reading
Explicit Vocabulary Instruction
Instructional/Scaffolded Conversations
Content-Rich/Cross Content ELA

The Research aka
Knowledge Base

The Knowledge Base offers a curated set of recent evidence-based research findings intended to help practitioners better understand listening comprehension and its connection to other literacy skills (such as word reading, reading fluency, background knowledge, and reading comprehension).

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