read & write

From Active Literacy Across the Curriculum : Strategies for reading, writing, speaking, and listening.
By Heidi Hayes Jacobs
High-Frequency Words used in testing
analyze            
cite
comment
compare
consider
contrast
create
define
design
detail
determine
develop
diagram
discern
discover
discuss
display
dissuade
edit
elaborate
eliminate
embellish
establish
estimate
examine
expand
explain
explore
extract
find
flow chart
generate
identify
imagine
inject
insert
interpret
investigate
justify
legitimize
limit
locate
marginalize
match
measure
obtain
organize
paraphrase
persuade
peruse
prove
reson
recover
recreate
redesign
refer
reflect
refrain
effuse
reject
research
revise
select
set priorities
solve
state
summarize
support
unpack
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
“High-frequency words appear again and again for students.  What is critical is that Johnny has a ready paraphrase.  Students should carry a list of such words in their materials with corresponding paraphrases: “What’s [...]

Words-On-The-Move # 5
October 16th , 2006.
The reading strategy shared is from Active Literacy Across the Curriculum : Strategies for reading, writing, speaking and listening by Heidi Hayes Jacobs
I chose this one because we are close to the testing window for the WKCE.  Barton reported in the NASSP Bulletin that 35% of all achievement test errors [...]

Words-on-the-move #4
October 2, 2006
Reading strategy – Compare and contrast
Writing strategy – Write Around
Poem – Please Bury Me in the Library by J. Patrick Lewis
Resources:
            Fire Prevention Week Oct 8-14
                        www.sparky.org
                        www.usfa.dhs.gov/kids/flash.shtm
            Brochure for parents on how to help their children write
                        www.familyhaven.com/parenting/helping/wwrite.html
            Magazine for parents and children
                        http://reading.indiana.edu/www/indexfr.html
            Becoming a Reader ( a government publication)
                        [...]