Academic Success
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THE SURVEY ROUTINE (Donald D. Deshler, Jean B. Schumaker, Philip C. McKnight) (Softcover)
$18.00Teacher use of the Survey Routine helps students prepare for reading assignments by making students aware of the main ideas associated with the passage to help them focus on the most important information as they read. The routine helps students analyze the structure and key content of a passage by discussing its title, predicting content, identifying its relationship to other passages in the unit of study, naming its main parts, identifying key information, and paraphrasing a summary of the passage. Learn More -
The VISUAL IMAGERY STRATEGY (Jean B. Schumaker, Donald D. Deshler, Alice Zemitzsch, Michael M. Warner) (Softcover)
$22.00The Visual Imagery Strategy is a reading comprehension strategy for creating mental movies of narrative passages. Students visualize the scenery, characters, and action and describe the scenes to themselves as they read each sentence in a passage. Students use the strategy to improve their understanding and recall of specific facts and sequences. Learn More
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THE WORD IDENTIFICATION STRATEGY (B. Keith Lenz, Jean B. Schumaker, Donald D. Deshler, Victoria L. Beals) (Softcover)
$22.00The Word Identification Strategy provides a functional and efficient strategy to help challenged readers successfully decode and identify unknown words in their reading materials. The strategy is based on the premise that most words in the English language can be pronounced by identifying prefixes, suffixes, and stems and by following three short syllabication rules. Learn More
Please note that professional development, coaching, and infrastructure support are essential components to effective implementation of SIM instructional tools and interventions. It is highly recommended that you work with a SIM professional developer. Please email simpd@ku.edu to learn more.
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UNDERSTANDING ACADEMIC LANGUAGE (The Text Pattern Strategy) (Frances Ihle with Jacqueline Schafer) (2014) (PDF Download)
$24.00Understanding Academic Language (formerly the Text Pattern Strategy) teaches students how authors of content area texts use academic language to convey meaning. This electronic manual consists of six lessons, instructional materials, and learning sheets. The lessons outline the procedures for conducting the pretest and posttest, and also the procedures for teaching the TEXT Strategy. For the convenience of the individual using this manual, hyperlinks have been created between the lessons and the instructional materials located in the appendices.You must be logged in to order downloadable products.
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