https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7 A Guide for Teachers en-us 2017-09-14 00:53:25 UTC 2023-04-14 06:57:20 UTC hello@padlet.com bhouse01 https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/187392940 2017-09-14 01:06:32 UTC https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/187392940 bhouse01 https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/187395041 These give students a place to write down their thoughts & questions, come to conclusions, connect with text, and evaluate their thinking.

Inquiry Notebooks-
A place to write ideas as they pop into your mind.]]> 2017-09-14 01:19:50 UTC https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/187395041 bhouse01 https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/187395811 Start small. Pick a couple of strategies, and practice these strategies until your students can use these strategies on their own.]]> 2017-09-14 01:25:15 UTC https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/187395811 rlah01 https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/188146432 2017-09-16 13:00:45 UTC https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/188146432 rlah01 https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/188147114 This is a video that visually explains the process of this strategy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G07BhOwLLHM]]> 2017-09-16 13:13:55 UTC https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/188147114 rotto04 https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/188632511 www.readingrockets.org
Content area literacy ideas]]> 2017-09-18 19:02:47 UTC https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/188632511 rotto04 https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/188638551 http://www.readingrockets.org/article/concept-oriented-reading-instruction-cori]]> 2017-09-18 19:17:48 UTC https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/188638551 rotto04 https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/189828022 Visual for content area teachers to see how students' awareness of text structure, language processes and questioning techniques allow students to learn from their reading. (Robb, 2003, p. 302)]]> 2017-09-21 16:17:57 UTC https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/189828022 rotto04 https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/189923605 www.sde.ct.gov
(TONS of good lesson plans to incorporate literacy into the content areas)]]> 2017-09-21 19:50:21 UTC https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/189923605 rlah01 https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/189968430 Reflect on what you are already doing in your classroom and curriculum. Identify the strong literacy activities you already do and then expand or supplement them. You probably have some great comprehension and literacy strategies and activities embedded in your practice that just need to be expanded upon.]]> 2017-09-22 00:33:24 UTC https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/189968430 bhouse01 https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/190305613 2017-09-22 21:30:01 UTC https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/190305613 alule01 https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/190656387 Encourage parents to read to their children everyday and talk about what they are reading together to promote a joy of reading and literacy achievement.
Teach them a few strategies to reinforce at home -- the same ones being reinforced across the curriculum.]]> 2017-09-25 02:41:20 UTC https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/190656387 rotto04 https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/190821069 This tool gives examples of how to incorporate writing daily, weekly, and monthly into the curriculum.]]> 2017-09-25 13:54:21 UTC https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/190821069 bhouse01 https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/192793184 Quickwrites, KWL charts, Checklists, sentence and paragraph frames. ]]> 2017-10-01 18:32:38 UTC https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/192793184 rlah01 https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/192793379 This is a good strategy to use before beginning a unit and after you have browsed through the text. The L-W-H-L Chart guides students through the process.
1.http://www.wirticenter.com/strategiesbank/documents/Reading%20Informational%20Texts%20K-5/RI.KID%20K-W-H-L%20Chart.pdf

2. https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/teaching-strategies/k-w-l-charts]]> 2017-10-01 18:34:11 UTC https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/192793379 bhouse01 https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/192797773 http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Resources/Journals/VM/0201-sep2012/VM0201Why.pdf]]> 2017-10-01 19:08:34 UTC https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/192797773 rlah01 https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/194078735 Reading with a partner involves two students sitting together taking turns reading aloud. The readers stop and discuss what they have read and clarify the ideas before moving on.
https://education.ky.gov/educational/rta/documents/rtatalkpartners.pdf]]> 2017-10-04 20:18:04 UTC https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/194078735 rlah01 https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/194082338 2017-10-04 20:28:40 UTC https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/194082338 rlah01 https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/194084159 The Two-Column Note-Taking strategy encourages students to identify important information in a lecture, film, or reading and to then respond to this material.
https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/teaching-strategies/two-column-note-taking

https://www.landmarkoutreach.org/strategies/the-two-column-method-of-note-taking/]]> 2017-10-04 20:35:20 UTC https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/194084159 rlah01 https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/194085015 After a reading passage the student or group of students get together and try and find the main idea of the reading. Once this has been found they must put it into a tweet which is composed of 140 characters. This challenges the students vocabulary and writing skills as they must squeeze the main idea of the passage into this small amount of space. 

https://prezi.com/e9gbojbwayi1/tweet-the-text/

https://prezi.com/-mk7kmzwv1dm/tweet-the-text/

]]> 2017-10-04 20:38:30 UTC https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/194085015 bhouse01 https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/195030155 Lesson plans for content area teachers
ReadWriteThink Literacy in Content Area resources ]]> 2017-10-08 18:36:17 UTC https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/195030155 alule01 https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/195081604 Anticipation guides are one of the best ways to assess students' prior knowledge. As an added advantage, such activities give students clues about what's coming next and that helps them set a purpose for learning, an important aspect of motivation.
http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/anticipation_guide]]> 2017-10-09 03:03:38 UTC https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/195081604 alule01 https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/195083610 This article provides strategies to try if the reading levels of textbooks are beyond student's abilities.
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/nov02/vol60/num03/You-Can't-Learn-Much-from-Books-You-Can't-Read.aspx]]> 2017-10-09 03:25:14 UTC https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/195083610 alule01 https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/195084181 One of the simplest, briefest, yet most powerful strategy in your reading toolkit is the short minute or two when pairs of students turn and talk about a question or issue before them.
http://www.theteachertoolkit.com/index.php/tool/turn-and-talk]]> 2017-10-09 03:30:07 UTC https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/195084181 alule01 https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/195211404 Focus on meta-cognition. Use think-aloud techniques to show students new thinking strategies you want them to acquire. Help students foster the ability to think; the core of strong reading. Make the problem-solving process that good readers use visible to struggling students. ]]> 2017-10-09 13:19:15 UTC https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/195211404 alule01 https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/195222141 The focus of this handbook is to develop instructional resource materials that will help classroom teachers integrate literacy instruction into content teaching in grades 5 through 8.
http://www.st.cr.k12.ia.us/reading/calliteracylearningstrategiestchrguide.pdf ]]> 2017-10-09 13:41:12 UTC https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/195222141 rlah01 https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/196241024 Exit Slips are written responses to questions the teacher poses at the end of a lesson or a class to assess student understanding of key concepts.
http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/exit_slips

http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/admit_slips09.pdf]]> 2017-10-11 23:06:40 UTC https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/196241024 rlah01 https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/196241253 An admit slip is a student's entry ticket into class. It is filled out before the class begins or during the first few minutes of class. Students are allowed to exit the classroom when they submit an exit slip to the teacher.
http://www.ride.ri.gov/Portals/0/Uploads/Documents/Instruction-and-Assessment-World-Class-Standards/Transition/EIA-CCSS/ScarpelliD-Admit_and_Exit_Slip_Toolbox.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05osP9EWXm8]]> 2017-10-11 23:08:24 UTC https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/196241253 rlah01 https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/196242139 A word wall is a collection of words which are displayed in large visible letters on a wall, bulletin board, or other display surface in a classroom. The word wall is designed to be an interactive tool to use during writing and reading.
http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/word_walls]]> 2017-10-11 23:16:57 UTC https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/196242139 rlah01 https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/196243190 Help students to create visual word-images to express ideas, details, and  concepts they have read.
https://www.readinga-z.com/comprehension/reading-graphic-organizers/]]> 2017-10-11 23:27:37 UTC https://padlet.com/bhouse01/cr6v618yzzy7/wish/196243190