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)
                        [...]

Podcast Words-on-the-Move September 18, 2006
Episode #3
Reading Strategy – Choral/Echo Reading
Writing Strategy – Wacky We-search
            www.discoverwriting.com
Poem – What if Books Had different Names? found in  Please Bury Me in the Library by J. Patrick Lewis
Resources:        www.songsforteaching.com/store
            “You’re learning to read.
           
                        www.rhymezone.com/
I put in elimination and received 1,170 results sorted by number of syllables: from 1-14 syllables; [...]

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Podcast Words-on-the-Move September 11, 2006
Episode #2
Contents
            Reading strategy – visualization
            Writing strategy – Investigations, Linda Hoyt’s research method
                        PowerPoint presentation
Poem of choice
            The Water’s Task by Sarah Eggers (age 17) )  Images and Poetry in Praise of Water edited by Pamela Michael.
PowerPoint use for reading a picture book to a large group of small children.
Blogs [...]

Podcast Words-on-the-Move
September 4, 2006
Episode #1
Contents: Introduce purpose and tools used in producing podcast
            Reading Strategies
            Writing Strategies
Poem of choice
Reflections by Lindsey Ryder (age 11)  Images and Poetry in Praise of Water edited by Pamela Michael.
Blogs ; Lion’s Lair – http://mathnut.edublogs.org
                        A blog of reviews of children’s literature by students and adults.
            Words etc. – http://wordsetc.edublogs.org
A [...]

On the WSRA website you may access a broadcast of Richard Allenton’s address at the last 2005 convention.  This man’s reflections and comments are worth the hour to listen to the video broadcast.  I just listened to the audio portion and could work on other things as I listened. 
www.wsra.org    and click on Allenton on the right [...]

C.     Question of the Day
Open ended question designed to connect children to a concept of the day.  Question may take place of KWL.  Question may lead students to generate questions on something they will study.
 
Procedure:
      Teacher writes the Question of the Day on the board or overhead. The question must be stimulating and not require [...]

These strategies were chosen by Patti Ball  from A handbook of content Literacy Strategies: 75 Practical Reading and Writing Ideas (2000) by Elaine c. Stephens and Jean E. Brown.  I will post two strategies at a time so that it is not so overwhelming to read. Many of these strategies you have likely used.  But [...]