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What are Foldables ?Foldables are multi-dimensional graphic organizers that can be used for skills reinforcement, practice, and/or information organizing.

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Why use Foldables ?
Not only do Foldables reinforce skills and strategies essential for reading success, they provide a kinesthetic tool for organizing and analyzing learning.

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Dear Teacher,
A Foldable is a three-dimensional,studentmade (and/or teacher-made) interactive graphic organizer based upon a skill. Making a Foldable gives students a fast, kinesthetic activity that helps them organize and retain information either before, during, or after reading. In this section of the Teacher’s Resource Book, you will find instructions for making Foldables, as well as ideas on how to use them to reinforce and practicephonics, vocabulary, spelling, and comprehension skills. In this section, you will find Foldables to help you • replace photocopied activity sheets with student-generated print • present content and skills in a clear, visual, kinesthetic format • incorporate the use of such skills as comparing and contrasting, recognizing cause and effect, and finding similarities and differences • assess student progressand learning levels • immerse students in new and previously learned vocabulary and reading skills • teach students unique ways to make study guides and practice materials, and • provide students with a sense of ownership in their learning. I am excited to hand these Foldable ideas and activities over to you and your students. Have fun using, adding to, and amending them to meet individual needs.Sincerely,

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Creating and Storing Foldables

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As you use the Foldables outlined in this Teacher’s Resource Book, discuss with students how they can adapt them to make their own Foldables learning and study aids. Teach students to write—titles, vocabulary words, concepts, skills, questions, main ideas—on the front tabs of their Foldables. By doing this, key concepts areviewed every time a st udent looks at a Foldable. Foldables help students focus on and remember the information presented without being distracted by other print. Remind students to write more specific information—supporting ideas, examples of a concept, definitions, answers to questions, observations—under the tabs. Turn one-gallon freezer bags into student portfolios and storage containers forFoldables. Cut the bottom corners off each bag so they won’t hold air and will stack and store easily.

Write student names across the top of the plastic portfolios with a permanent marker and cover the writing with two-inch clear tape to keep it from wearing off. Place a piece of cardboard inside each portfolio to give it strength and to act as a divider.

Store Foldables in a giant laundry soapbox. Or, students can carry their portfolios in a three-ring binder if you place a strip of two-inch clear tape along one side and punch three holes through the taped edge.

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