https://padlet.com/lwascher1s/zkpmgw6gzu6a To help build and strengthen literacy skills en-us 2017-10-28 01:14:30 UTC 2017-10-28 21:22:42 UTC hello@padlet.com lwascher1s https://padlet.com/lwascher1s/zkpmgw6gzu6a/wish/201375694 Description: A visual organizer that can enrich students' understanding of a new concept. The students use a graphic organizer to organize the ideas into categories.
Advantages:
~Helps organize new information
~Helps students make meaningful connections between the main idea and other information
~Quicker way to develop ideas
Disadvantages:
-May be difficult to read if too much information is included and creates cluster
-Could potentially discourage critical thinking
Adaptations for ELL:
*Can be used to teach vocabulary words explicitly and use simple words
*Students are able to draw pictures
*Provides a visual aid for building upon the students' prior knowledge with new information ]]> 2017-10-28 01:32:14 UTC https://padlet.com/lwascher1s/zkpmgw6gzu6a/wish/201375694 lwascher1s https://padlet.com/lwascher1s/zkpmgw6gzu6a/wish/201376318 Description: Written student responses to questions teachers pose at the end of a class or lesson.
Advantages:
~Enable teachers to quickly assess students' understanding of the material
~Help students reflect on what they have learned
~Teach students to think critically
Disadvantages:
-May not always have time to administer an exit slip after a lesson
-They are brief and may not tell you enough to help the student
Adaptations for ELL:
*Have a variety of exit slips and differentiate which students get which ones
*Allow students to work on their exit slips in pairs or small groups
*Allow students to verbally express the information

]]> 2017-10-28 01:48:31 UTC https://padlet.com/lwascher1s/zkpmgw6gzu6a/wish/201376318 lwascher1s https://padlet.com/lwascher1s/zkpmgw6gzu6a/wish/201377556 Description: Instructional activity in which students become the teacher in small group reading sessions.
Advantages:
~Encourages students to think about their own thought process during reading
~Helps students learn to be actively involved and monitor their comprehension as they read
~Teaches students to ask questions during reading and helps make the text more comprehensible
Disadvantages:
-Requires more classroom time and practice to implement successfully
-Possibility that students will provide incorrect feedback to the other students
Adaptations for ELL:
*Pair a student with lower reading skills with one who is more advanced to work together
*Ask students to write out questions about parts of the story that doesn't make sense to them ]]> 2017-10-28 02:16:16 UTC https://padlet.com/lwascher1s/zkpmgw6gzu6a/wish/201377556 lwascher1s https://padlet.com/lwascher1s/zkpmgw6gzu6a/wish/201378073 Description: Strategy that engages students actively with a text and encourages students to ask questions of the author and the text.
Advantages:
~Students learn more about the text through forming their questions
~Teaches students to critique the author's writing
~Helps students solidify their understanding of a text
~Students create a deeper meaning of the text
Disadvantages:
-Not commonly used with fiction text
-May frustrate students if their questions go unanswered
Adaptations for ELL:
*Have students of varying abilities work together to determine answers to questions
*Engage students in a class discussion about responses to questions]]> 2017-10-28 02:30:53 UTC https://padlet.com/lwascher1s/zkpmgw6gzu6a/wish/201378073 lwascher1s https://padlet.com/lwascher1s/zkpmgw6gzu6a/wish/201378857 Description: Teaches students how to discern the most important ideas in a text, how to ignore irrelevant information, and how to integrate the central ideas in a meaningful way.
Advantages:
~Helps students learn to determine essential ideas
~Enables students to focus on key words and phrases that are worth noting and remembering
~Teaches students how to take a large selection of a text and reduce it to the main points for more concise understanding
Disadvantages:
-Students may leave out important details or main idea from the text
-Students may include too much information
Adaptations for ELL:
*Guide students through the summary writing process
*Have students work together to answer summary questions and write responses]]> 2017-10-28 02:49:11 UTC https://padlet.com/lwascher1s/zkpmgw6gzu6a/wish/201378857 lwascher1s https://padlet.com/lwascher1s/zkpmgw6gzu6a/wish/201379194 Description: A conclusion made from students' using context clues and their background knowledge. When the text does not explicitly say something, students have to "read between the lines" to try to figure out what the author is meaning.
Advantages:
~It is a "foundational skill" that is a prerequisite for higher-order thinking
~Inference skills are used across the curriculum
Disadvantages:
-Can be difficult for many students since it requires higher order thinking skills
-Difficult to implement if students do not have background experience to relate to a certain topic
Adaptations for ELL:
*Use graphic organizers like the "It says, I say, So" to make the steps from observation to inference more explicit
*Model the observation to inference process over and over again, using real-life examples]]> 2017-10-28 02:58:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lwascher1s/zkpmgw6gzu6a/wish/201379194 lwascher1s https://padlet.com/lwascher1s/zkpmgw6gzu6a/wish/201379209 Description: Involves children in oral reading through reading parts in scripts.
Advantages:
~Promotes reading fluency
~Helps readers learn to read aloud with expression
~Helps build reading confidence
Disadvantages:
-Some students may have anxiety about performing for the class
Adaptations for ELL:
*Use easier scripts with fewer words 
*Give the students their parts in advance 
*When assigning roles, be sensitive to students' needs]]> 2017-10-28 02:58:39 UTC https://padlet.com/lwascher1s/zkpmgw6gzu6a/wish/201379209 lwascher1s https://padlet.com/lwascher1s/zkpmgw6gzu6a/wish/201379234 Description: A cooperative learning strategy that enables each student of a "home" group to specialize in one aspect of a topic. Students meet with members from other groups who are assigned the same aspect, and after mastering the material, return to the "home" group and teach the material to their group members.
Advantages:
~Encourages cooperative learning among students
~Helps improve listening, communication, and problem-solving skills
~Helps build comprehension
Disadvantages:
-The "experts" may communicate inaccurate information
-Confusion may occur during the communicating and teaching phase
Adaptations for ELL:
*Give students experience with small group learning skills beforehand
*Have students fill out a graphic organizer in the "home group" to gather all the information presented by each "expert"]]> 2017-10-28 02:59:09 UTC https://padlet.com/lwascher1s/zkpmgw6gzu6a/wish/201379234 lwascher1s https://padlet.com/lwascher1s/zkpmgw6gzu6a/wish/201379246 Description: Before reading, students listen to or read several statements about key concepts presented in the text.  They are often structured as a series of statements with which the students can choose to agree or disagree.
Advantages:
~Stimulate students' interest in a topic and set a purpose for reading
~Teach students to make predictions, anticipate the text, and verify their predictions
~Connect new information to prior knowledge and build curiosity about a new topic
Disadvantages:
-Prior knowledge on the topic is needed
-Time-consuming
Adaptations for ELL:
*Complete the anticipation guides orally
*The number of statements can be modified to suit the learner's needs
*Use simple sentences ]]> 2017-10-28 02:59:30 UTC https://padlet.com/lwascher1s/zkpmgw6gzu6a/wish/201379246 lwascher1s https://padlet.com/lwascher1s/zkpmgw6gzu6a/wish/201379279 Description: Before reading, students listen to a short lecture delivered by the teacher. The students then read a text selection about the topic. After reading, there is a group discussion about the topic. During the discussion, students compare and contrast the information from the lecture with the information they read.
Advantages:
~Helps students comprehend material presented orally
~Builds students' prior knowledge before they read a text
~Engages struggling readers in classroom discussions
Disadvantages:
-Time intensive
-Students may struggle during the stage of independent reading of the text
-Ineffective if the teacher does not connect the lecture to the text
Adaptations for ELL:
*Include a graphic organizer of the information you discuss
*Choose specific text you feel your students lack prior knowledge about and need more support with as your LRD text]]> 2017-10-28 03:00:45 UTC https://padlet.com/lwascher1s/zkpmgw6gzu6a/wish/201379279