In this 4th grade lesson, students are using the sentence unpacking strategy to deconstruct a sentence from their social studies text. See the related blog post from the teacher, Mr. Lawton: Unpacking Sentences, Packing in Learning (opens in a new window).
Students build essential skills in comprehension and develop a greater understanding of the structural features of a summary by creating a poster of a summary map.
A panel of reading experts discuss the building blocks of comprehension, what good instruction looks like, assessing comprehension in kids with dyslexia, and more.
