1. Skip a Word

Purpose: The purpose of this strategy is to build reading skill, self confidence, and comprehension. Appropriate Use: This strategy should be used when reading one on one with a student. Mode: Teacher Led Materials: Reading Book ...

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2. Look

Purpose: This strategy is used to show students how to look at the pictures in a text for clues that will give meaning to an unknown word. Appropriate Use: Use this strategy when student is reading aloud and stuck on a word or it can be modeled...

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3. Quaker Reading

Purpose: This is to get students to make connections to a reading. Appropriate Use: Use this in place of a popcorn reading. Mode: Whole class Materials: Every student will need a copy of what is being read. Participants: Teacher and...

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4. Discussion Director

Purpose: This strategy can be used to identify the big ideas in the reading and the students own reactions to the reading. Appropriate use: After complete reading of a story either aloud to the entire class or silent reading. Mode: The...

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5. Field Notes

Purpose: To allow all students including English language learners to participate in research in a small group in-class project. Appropriate use: During small group research time Mode: All students Materials: Post it notes and a pencil ...

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6. Mapping

Purpose: This will help students learn content and make sense of text through a visual organization of information. Appropriate use: After a reading of a text. Mode: All students individually, or small groups, or the entire class. ...

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7. Literary Luminary

Purpose: This is strategy for Literature Circle to build comprehension. Appropriate Use: This strategy should be used for language arts time. Mode: Discussion Materials: All students need to have a copy of the same text. Participants: All...

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8. Bio Poem

Purpose: This poem can be used as a biography on a character in history or from any book as a book report. They can answer theses questions after collecting research material. This causes the student to identify the most important and meaningful...

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9. Vocabulary Enricher

Purpose: This help students build vocabulary and understanding. Appropriate Use: This can be used when introducing and reading a new story. Mode: Student led Materials: Paper, pencil, text, dictionary Participants: Teacher and all...

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10. Synthesizing

Purpose: This is a way of spiraling deeper into the book. Readers might explore the text through the perspective of different characters to come to new understandings about the characters life and world and builds comprehension. Appropriate...

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