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Know before you read
Know before you read gives pupils the few facts a text takes for granted, each with a picture, before they read it.
The real slide Chalk makes, in the Classroom look. Every word is written for your lesson when you use it.
How to run it
- Read the facts together.
- Ask pupils to say one back from memory.
- Point back to them when the text needs them.
Why it works
What pupils already know shapes what they understand: weaker readers who knew baseball remembered a baseball story better than strong readers who did not.
In other subjects
Science: before a news articleGeography: before a case study
Use in Slides
Chalk plans a deck with this task in it, written for your lesson.