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Rewordify helps make academic text more accessible for struggling readers by reducing the Lexile level, providing a glossary for unfamilar vocabulary, and translating difficult text into everyday modern English.
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Utilize NewsELA to acquire current event news articles relating to various subject matters. Articles can be adjusted for various Lexile reading levels, include quiz questions, and writing prompts.
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Annotation and Marking the Text
Use the following guide to assist students with deciphering important information, understanding author's purpose, annotation, and marking the text.
"Get the GIST" Reading Strategy
After reading informational text, have students complete the attached page identifying "Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How". Following the key questions, students write a twenty word paragraph identifying the main idea of the reading selection.