Graphic organizers help construct meaning during reading instruction. They organize thinking. When can they be used? * Pre-reading to prepare students for the text they are about to read. * During reading to organize their thoughts about what they are reading. * After reading to summarize information. We use these graphic organizers that work for both fiction and non-fiction! They can be found at our TpT store!
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Text features are in important part of informational text. A Text Feature Walk can help students comprehend the text. What is a Text Feature Walk? The teacher guides the students through a picture walk of the text. In using an informational text the teacher previews the book by looking at the pictures along with the text features. Often we use this graphic organizer to help the students complete the picture walk and locate the text features on their own. They can be found HERE at our Teachers Pay Teachers site! We also use these text feature posters to help highlight all of the text features students need to know! They can be hung up as posters, or they can be shrunk to make personal posters to use in small group or at their seat. Get the posters for FREE at our Teachers Pay Teachers Store! Click HERE! Picture sorts are a great strategy for learning phonics. Students sort the picture cards depending on the phonics rule given to them. The rule can be simple for beginners, like beginning letter sounds (A and B in the picture above), or more complex for more advanced readers (the vowel sounds inside of words). Not only does it get the student thinking about the sounds in the word, but it is a highly engaging strategy. Students LOVE sorting the picture cards! How to use this strategy?
Get pictures of the phonemic strategy you are working on. If you don't have some already, you can find them these picture sort cards at our TpT store (Word Sort Cards). we use this T-chart for sorting. Some teachers like to use note cards or post-it notes with the categories. We, however, laminate the T-chart and we use them throughout the year. We also use this chart for the analogy strategy so it's just easier for me to have the one chart. If you need your own T-chart click here for this one. Once the strategy that is being focused on has been identified during a small group or individual teaching time explicitly teach the rule(s) to the students. Then, explain (the first time) that they will be sorting according to that rule. An example (that follows this picture) is: "Some words start with the a sound. Say "a" (students say the sound for a). Some words start with the b sound. Say "b" (students say the sound for b). We have a pile of pictures that either start with the a or b sound. Go through the pictures with the students then (they all have the same pictures in their personal piles, or we sometimes just do this as a group using one pile) because you don't want them to spend too much time trying to figure out the picture. You want them thinking more about the sound the word has. Need a quick, easy and effective reading strategy? STP is a first level reading comprehension strategy. What is STP?
For every page a student reads they 1. Stop - at the end of the page. 2. Think - what was this page about? 3. Paraphrase - Retell what the page was about in their own words. This is a low or literal level reading comprehension strategy because if students can't do this then using any other comprehension strategy will be difficult. Interested in trying this strategy out? Here is a FREE strategy card that can be used with students while they are working on the strategy. Round Robin is another great strategy to use during group work. It is a strategy that is used for 3 or more students. How to use Round Robin:
1. The teacher gives a problem (a question, a probe, or an activity that has multiple answers). 2. Students take turns responding. *Hint: Time each students response to keep the sharing even. When to use Round Robin? Round Robin can be used for a variety of reasons. It’s a great strategy for playing games, sharing during literature circles, completing group work, working on projects. Really, if 3 or more students need to work on something Round Robin is a great strategy to help all students participate. Click HERE to get a printable set of directions for Round Robin! |
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