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Visual Summary Reading Strategy

May 21, 2025 No Comments

We know students are struggling reading informational text… and the issue seems to be expanding! Literacy is so important to our students, both for success

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Free Bill of Rights Foldable

Create a mini-book with your students over the Bill of Rights and the Principles of Government. Your students can make this book in under 10 minutes, and then you can use it for review with a variety of games.

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How do you review all of the historical figures be How do you review all of the historical figures before STAAR? Try my Heroes of History game. Your students will review different people while playing a game that adds categorization and context.
Save your boxes! Create an engaging review activit Save your boxes! Create an engaging review activity by adding key content and connecting phrases to each side of the box. Challenge your students to create sentences that answer questions. Search my store for the term “logic boxes” for free sets. #socialstudies #socialstudiesteachers #teachers
Mandy C. in HISD brings her socialstudies+ History Mandy C. in HISD brings her socialstudies+ History Lab to life with props. Primary sources + engagement = success!!!
Celebrate Women’s History Month with Eleanor Roose Celebrate Women’s History Month with Eleanor Roosevelt!
 
These engaging Eleanor Roosevelt biography activities, made in collaboration with @extraordinary.eleanor, are the perfect way to spotlight one of the most influential women of the 20th century. Through creative, student-centered activities like bio poems, raps, character maps, and choice boards, students explore her leadership, advocacy, and lasting impact in a meaningful way.
 
Comment “ELEANOR” to bring Eleanor’s story to life in your classroom this Women’s History Month!
 
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Increase engagement with manipulatives! Take an ol Increase engagement with manipulatives! Take an old set of Jenga pieces, print content topics and connection statements, and require students to answer questions by manipulating the pieces. #teachersofinstagram #socialstudies #STAAR
It’s not too late to register for today’s PD sessi It’s not too late to register for today’s PD session on supporting literacy! See you there!
The Texas Republic Reading Challenge: Let’s get in The Texas Republic Reading Challenge: Let’s get into it!
 
Here’s a bit about how each of the stations for this activity will work, and how the whole challenge will come together.
 
For even more detail, we’ve posted a longer instructional video on YouTube! 
 
You can find this resource in the Republic of Texas section of your Social Studies Success Texas History membership page.
 
Challenge accepted?
 
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Introducing the Texas Republic Reading Challenge! Introducing the Texas Republic Reading Challenge! Students rotate through engaging centers, learning about key conflicts from the Republic era and solving fun puzzles along the way. It’s hands-on, brains-on learning that keeps them thinking, moving, and collaborating.
 
Stay tuned for part 2, where we’ll show you the center topics and puzzles.
 
Find this resource in the Republic of Texas section of your Social Studies Success Texas History membership page.
 
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Review the key events of the New Republic with thi Review the key events of the New Republic with this activity. Games like this are a great STAAR review because they allow students to practice a skill as well as review content.  This game is available with a Social Studies Success membership as well as in my store on www.socialstudiessuccess.com.
You can review content, but are you also reviewing You can review content, but are you also reviewing how to answer primary source questions? Primary Source Practices guide your students through the step by step thinking process for skill based analysis of primary sources. #socialstudies #STAAR #historyreview
STAAR season doesn’t have to feel overwhelming. STAAR season doesn’t have to feel overwhelming. 
 
Our STAAR Blitz Online PD gives you practical, classroom-tested strategies to boost confidence, increase engagement, and make your review time count.
 
Comment “STAARPD” to start prepping with purpose today!
 
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Is your review active? Does it involve all of your Is your review active? Does it involve all of your students simultaneously? Is it tied to higher level thinking? If not, check out my manipulative review games!
Comment BLITZFREE and I’ll send you the link to ou Comment BLITZFREE and I’ll send you the link to our free U.S. History STAAR Blitz Unit Plan!
 
This is a comprehensive plan for two weeks of a U.S. History STAAR review. It’s designed to intentionally review vocabulary on a consistent basis throughout the two week period. Even if you only take five minutes a day, use the Word Wall terms to review important content vocabulary.
 
Many of the days are set up into station activities. Depending on the level of your students, you might want to direct certain students to certain games during a class period.
 
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It’s STAAR Blitz season! Do you know how to center It’s STAAR Blitz season! Do you know how to center your STAAR review around Social Studies Skills and not just content? Check out our STAAR Blitz Online PD session. Comment “STAARPD” and I’ll send you more info.
 
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