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Into the Book[series info]

Using Prior Knowledge

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.The Into the Book website offers interactive learning activities for each reading comprehension strategy. Click on Kids to enter the student site. The Teachers area of the website offers loads of materials for teachers, including music and video clips, classroom design ideas, posters and more. Click on a strategy, then on Student Video for an interactive teacher guide for each episode.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
Kindergarten-Fourth Grade
Taping Rights Available until: Dec 31, 2020

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