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"How to Act Out a Story" Strategies dealing with the benefits of action out a story

I like this idea of acting out the story. It would be fun for students while also getting them to think about details from the story. I think it would be a great activity to work on comprehension.

I really like this idea! I think it would be a good way to get kids moving around and excited about reading! Also a good alternative to assessing comprehension.

This article shows how a school started to include seven literacy strategies to help them improve their academic achievement. The seven strategies include read-alouds, KWL charts, graphic organizers, vocabulary instruction, writing to learn, structured note taking, and reciprocal teaching. The article gives a brief example on how they defined the strategies and examples of the strategies in a classroom.

This article shares a strategy that teachers in a preschool, kindergarten or first grade classroom can use. The strategy involves the use of the children's drawing and writing a message on the drawing. There are components such as self-talk and materials like highlighters used to draw lines to create ideas.

emergent writing "emergent writing" "zone of proximal development" "sentences" "word spacing"

This article provides a seven step approach to spelling instruction that encourages word study based on the words students experience in their daily writing activities. It focuses on shifting spelling instruction from a focus on the number of words spelled correctly to developing an understanding of how words work.

I love this article. Spelling is so much more than memorizing and the author is right when she says that the words the student don't master on Friday are forgotten by Monday. That is why we work on blends, digraphs, onsets, and rimes. I also love the part about how spelling affects self-esteem and vocabulary as well. Awesome information!

This article really got me thinking about spelling and how it affects a students writing confidence. I like how it is an analyzing of words approach rather than just memorization. I think the chart fort student analyzing could be useful but I might change the wording to be more kid friendly.

This article shares the idea of having students choose the words they would like to learn as a strategy to teach vocabulary. The students put their chosen words in a box to review as a class.

Literacy strategies that worked in a troubled high school in CA. Read-alouds, K-W-L charts, Graphic Organizers, Vocab Instruction, Writing to Learn, Structured Note-Taking and Reciprocal Teaching.

These strategies are common across grades, it is nice to see the specific application to a group of students and I hope folks who have a different concentration will look this over as well.

This has a ton of really great and quick activities to help with students' handwriting. I really like the b/d makes a "bed" and using index fingers to help with spacing between words.

This article tells about 10 free internet tools that can be used to build vocabulary skills. These tools can be used in a variety of classrooms for any grade level.

I absolutely love the "combine vocabulary learning and social service" part of this article. The website, freerice.com, is an amazing way to motivate the student to practice their vocabulary. Every time the user gets a vocabulary definition correct the website donates 10 grains of rice through the United Nations World Food Programme! I remember using this years ago when someone posted it to a social media site, and I stayed on it until I'd gotten 600 pieces of rice donated. I definitely want to do this as a fun activity with my student. Thanks for posting this!

Excellent choice. Hoping folks use these tips and try them out when they are applicable.

While this is a book, there is a lot of the book included in this preview. The book discusses strategies to help students create their own writer's notebook. 

This article presents a strategy to use with upper elementary or middle school students to help them use the context of a word to find out the meaning. The authors combined two strategies of using context clues and semantic gradients to help students make the vocabulary-to-comprehension connection explicit.

Here is our "Read 180" Matrix. Please take a look at this, as our extensive notes our recorded on this page. However, due to time restrains, we won't be able to cover everything on this matrix. We've done a lot of research, and we're eager for your feedback!

thanks for having this posted well in time for folks to review

This is a strategy to improve comprehension and describe parts of a story through writing.

Another great website to learn about this program and give you a good insight of how it works and why people use it. Has great question and answer document. It has a lot of common questions and their answers to them for quick reading. Good website to check out!

This is a great website that gives you a lot of knowledge about Reading Recovery Program. It talks about the background knowledge of it, who it is for, how it helps and even the cost. Great website to learn about this program.

This is a credible site to pull lessons from, searchable by grade or topic. IRA/NCTE support this site collaboratively.  Linked to standards

This is a credible site to pull lessons from, searchable by grade or topic. IRA/NCTE support this site collaboratively.  Linked to standards

This article analyzes the use of iPads with struggling readers. It talks about technology as a vehicle for literacy motivation.

This is a strategy that Jordan and I went to a presentation on for the AMLE Conference. It is a strategy for writing paragraphs, and this website provides graphic organizers and examples.

This is a strategy to assist students with predicting, story structure, character analysis, and story response.

This is a website where you can create a free account to find leveled short stories and informational articles based on lexile level (which can be converted using a conversion chart).

Multicultural Literacy Article- used for Advanced literacy practices

Could you add a line about why this might be useful/valuable? Is this a persuasive piece as to why you should use these texts? Some suggested texts?