Videos+of+Instruction


 * Examples of Instructional Practices That Foster Literacy and Content Area Learning**
 * [|VIDEO: Making Connections Between Background Knowledge and New Information]
 * VIDEO: [|Structured Notetaking and Jigsawing for Getting the Gist (Determining Important Ideas)]
 * VIDEO: [|How to take Two-Column Notes while reading informational text]
 * VIDEO: [|Making the Declaration of Independence Come Alive] (Getting Their Attention; 4:03 for Quick Thinking Aloud About Contextualizing and Timelining; 5:40 Graphic Organizer and Read/Annotate from their text; Thinking Aloud about connections)
 * VIDEO: [|Teaching Students about the French Revolution] (consider the possibilities of teaching this in French!)


 * Understanding the Practice of Thinking Aloud**
 * [|WEBSITE: Reading Aloud and Learning Languages]
 * TEXT: [|Think Aloud Strategy]
 * VIDEO: Using think-alouds to foster higher order thinking: [|Modeling the difference between a reading voice and a thinking voice]


 * Text-Based Resources for Teaching Comprehension Strategies**
 * [|Smekens Idea Library for Reading, Writing, and Content Area Learning] (more for elementary middle school, but great ideas and concrete examples)