TEED 521 Elementary Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment

STRATEGY INSTRUCTION RESOURCES


Megan D'Ambrosio Strategy Lessons
Asking Questions | Making Connections | Importance | Inferences Part 1 and Part 2

Strategy Instruction Resources
The strategy resources below come from a wide range of web sites and offer you great ideas to adapt for your classroom. As you look over these suggestions, please remember that these teaching tools are not grade- or content-specific. Although some resources may indicate a grade level, I've selected each one for its power to support students at all levels.

Previewing: Activating and using background knowledge; making and verifying predictions
Previewing Using an Anticipation Guide (ReadWriteThink)
Anticipation Guides (University of Indiana L517 Advanced Study of the Teaching of Secondary School Reading)
How to Use an Anticipation Guide (Florida Online Reading Professional Development)

Previewing: Setting a purpose for reading
Open House (Oak Grove School District, Missouri) Making predictions, activating prior knowledge. You can also download a blank Open House template for this strategy.
Probable Passage with downloadable templates (Poway Unified School District, CA)
Tea Party (Kylene Beers, 2003) http://www.mcte.org/resources/beers.html
THIEVES to Preview Nonfiction Texts (ReadWriteThink)

Understanding Cause and Effect
Cause and Effect (Literacy Matters)

Compare and Contrast
Finding Similarities and Differences in Ideas (ReadWriteThink)
Compare and Contrast (Literacy Matters)

Double Entry Journals
Double Entry Journal (ReadWriteThink)

Understanding and Using Text Structure
Reading Expository Text (Literacy Matters)
Reading a Textbook (Literacy Matters)

Seeing Relationships Among Ideas
Scaffolding Comprehension Strategies Using Graphic Organizers (ReadWriteThink)
Graphic Organizers (Literacy Matters)

Making and Verifying Predictions: KWL (Know - Want to learn - Learn)
KWL Strategy (Michigan State University)
KWL (University of Indiana L517: Advanced Study of the Teaching of Secondary School Reading)

Asking Questions
Questioning (Literacy Matters)
Question/Answer Relationship (QAR) http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/readquest/strat/qar.html

Remembering What You Read (Literacy Matters)

Sequencing (Literacy Matters)

Summarizing
GIST: A Summarizing Strategy for Use in any Content Area (ReadWriteThink)
Fishbone Mapping (ReadWriteThink)
Key Word Strategy (Montgomery County Public Schools)
Save the Last Word (Grand Rapids Public Schools, Michigan)
Somebody Wanted But So (All America Reads)

Taking Notes (Literacy Matters)

Think Alouds (Literacy Matters)

Visualizing
Visualizing Using Sketch to Stretch (ReadWriteThink)
Sketch to Stretch (ReadWriteThink)

Using Flexible Strategies to Figure Out Unknown Words
Building Vocabulary (Literacy Matters)

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Web Sites on Reading Strategies
  • Comprehension Strategies: Busy Teacher's Cafe http://busyteacherscafe.com/printables/reading.htm Large variety of handouts, forms, and worksheets to support students' strategy development. You would need to provide instruction (e.g., modeling/demonstration, guided practice), but these teaching tools will support students as they develop independent reading strategies.
  • Into the Book http://reading.ecb.org/index.html
    From Wisconsin Educational Communications Board and Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Interactive website with strategy practice for students and a wide array of teacher resources. You would need to provide thorough instruction (e.g., modeling/demonstration, guided and independent practice) before turning students loose on this site. After that, this might be a highly effective way for students to practice with key comprehension strategies. Lots of fun!
  • Literacy in Math http://www.ihsrams.net/literacy/literacyandmath.htm
    Great ideas for incorporating literacy into mathematics from Interlachen High School, Interlachen, Florida.
  • Read-Write-Think http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/index.asp
    For specific literacy lessons for middle school, select the following: “Grade Band” = 6-8; “Literacy Strand” = Learning Through Language; and “Literacy Engagement” = Content Area Reading (or make a different selection). Then click “Display.”
  • Literacy Matters http://www.literacymatters.org/teachers/index.htm
    Well-organized, highly informative collection of resources for middle school and high school teachers. Excellent information on reading and writing for all subjects. Includes specific information for subject areas: Social studies, science, and mathematics.
  • Graphic Organizers http://www.graphic.org/goindex.html
    The site includes a wide array of different graphic organizers that could be used without the accompanying software. Good overview of the purpose of different graphic organizers and how to introduce them to students.
  • Reading Strategies http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/departments/isa/staff/abita/english/reading_strategies.htm
    Clarifying list of 18 important reading strategies from Montgomery County, MD
  • Collaborative Strategic Reading (Strategies for Students with Disabilities). Extensive web site from The National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET) supporting youth with disabilities
  • EnglishCompanion.com http://www.englishcompanion.com/index.html
    By teacher Jim Burke. See“Tools for Teaching” and “Essential Links.”
  • DePaul Center for Urban Education http://teacher.depaul.edu/
    Variety of powerful resources for strategic reading, graphic organizers, writing, and more.
  • Toolkit for Effective Instruction of English Learners http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/practice/itc/index.htm
    Excellent selection of resources from the National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition at George Washington University in Washington, DC    .

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TEED 521
Elementary Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
Master in Teaching Program
College of Education
Seattle University
Katherine L. Schlick Noe, Ph.D.