Teacher's Guide

The Teacher's Guide describes all the lessons in detail. It includes answers to the Activity Book pages and references to video segments in the DVD.

See a sample lesson. (561 KB PDF)

 

 

 

 

 

DVD

The DVD explains the crucial concepts underlying the lessons and provides video demonstrations of instructional techniques such as modeling and guided practice.

See some lesson demonstrations.

• The teacher models metacognitive thinking. (2.51 MB Flash movie)
• The teacher guides the students in making inferences. (2.44 MB Flash movie)
• The students practice determining what is important. (1.81 MB Flash movie)

 

Posters

Ten full-color posters, all with an archaeology theme, provide visual reminders of the strategies and how to use them.

• See the overall program poster. (48 KB JPG)
• See a individual strategy poster. (43 KB JPG)

Transparencies

There are five sets of transparencies, one set for each unit, for a total of 52 transparencies. The transparencies are used to model the strategies, stimulate thinking, and gather class input.

See a transparency from each unit.

• Tr 1.2 (545 KB PDF): Flowchart for recognizing text structure
• Tr 2.7 (544 KB PDF): Table for recording inferences
• Tr 3.8 (484 KB PDF): Page for recording predictions
• Tr 4.3 (513 KB PDF): Sample passage for determining what is important
• Tr 5.1 (552 PDF): Focus activity with archaeology theme

Free Materials

Want to try some of the materials from Digging Reading in your classroom? Free materials are available.