Determining Importance

http://beyondpenguins.ehe.osu.edu/issue/rocks-and-minerals/determining-importance-helping-students-recognize-important-points-in-content-text

Use this video to introduce students to Determining Importance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPsCEDQ3MUs

Intermediate Cause and Effect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhzO-IaGnCE

Intermediate Main Idea and Detail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APofOnvUEoc
https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/3rd-grade-ela-lesson 

Character Traits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJjGKJawG8U

Simplifying Text Complexity
https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/simplifying-text-complexity?fd=1 

Guided Reading: 6 ways to improve literacy skills
http://teachingchannel.org/blog/2014/01/06/guided-reading-improve-literacy-skills/

Digital Citizenship
https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2013/10/18/digital-citizens-video-playlist/#more-75913 

Figurative Language
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14SEC1vuvoc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvpLdM-3mTc

Distinguishing Main Idea from Theme
http://www.smekenseducation.com/distinguishing-main-idea-from-theme.html 

Response to Literature
http://http://www.smekenseducation.com/creative-literature-responses.html