Week 2: "I Can't" Burial Site, Introduction to NC WiseOwl,
Brainstorming for Research Topics

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Reading Strategy Spotlight
Connect the known to the new. Activate relevant, prior knowledge before, during, and after reading. Connecting a student's existing schema to new schema is a vital linking process that helps to store new information permanently in their long-term memories.

Student Activity Sheet
Printable pages designed to complement the current week's Reading Strategy Spotlight and to help students organize their thoughts, reflect upon reading material, and look for organizational patterns in online text.

BBs: Weekly Nuggets of "Best Practices" and "Brain Research"
Do you know the true art of questioning?

TechKnow Disaster Preparedness Page
Printable Computer Skills Mini-Posters & activity sheets for those times when the network crashes or equipment is unavailable. You can print a different page each week.

Check your progress with computer and information skills.

Go back to the Swing.