LITERACY IS A TOUGH JOB

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Learning Strategies Curriculum Content Enhancement Routines

Learning Strategies Curriculum Content Enhancement Routines

PLAN EXECUTE EVALUATE

“Being able to use metacognitive strategies independently as needed to strengthen and deepen literacy and learning is the de facto definition of an Taking Action on Adolescent Literacy An Implementation Guide for School Leaders Judith L. Irvin Julie Meltzer Melinda Dukes Independent Learner

Strategies can help students become good readers.

They look like aliens from a Star Wars movie. They wear body armor from their shoulders down to their shins. Thick pads shield their chests, hips, arms, and legs. The special gloves they wear have padding on each finger. On their heads they display space-age helmets designed to protect the face as well as the head. What would a good reader do while reading this passage?

What questions could I ask

They look like aliens from a Star Wars movie. They wear body armor from their shoulders down to their shins. Thick pads shield their chests, hips, arms, and legs. The special gloves they wear have padding on each finger. On their heads they display space-age helmets designed to protect the face as well as the head. Question: Who are these people and why do they wear all these special things? Prediction: They are firefighters, and they wear special things for protection.

They look like aliens from a Star Wars movie. They wear body armor from their shoulders down to their shins. Thick pads shield their chests, hips, arms, and legs. The special gloves they wear have padding on each finger. On their heads they display space-age helmets designed to protect the face as well as the head. Meet the indomitable daredevils known as downhill mountain bike racers.

Use a strategy to figure out Word Identification Strategy

Indomitable Word Identification Strategy teaches students to DISSECT words

In domitable Isolate the BeginningDISSECT

In domit able Isolate the BeginningDISSECT Separate the Ending

In domit able Isolate the BeginningDISSECT Separate the Ending Examine and Say the Stem

What would that look like?

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Strategy instruction can occur at every level in the school.

Learning Strategies Curriculum Content Enhancement Routines

Content-area teachers are essential to a literacy improvement effort: They know the content They know the reading, writing, speaking and thinking demands of their content They have the access and the opportunity They collectively have the power to make a difference Taking Action on Adolescent Literacy: An Implementation Guide for School Leaders

Content Enhancement Routines

All Content Enhancement Routines MUST: Be able to be infused into any content. Apply to HALO (High, Average, Low, Other) achievers. Be easy to teach and evaluate. Make a positive difference.

Some examples …

The Unit Organizer Routine is used to: Plan units. Introduce and maintain the big ideas in units. Show how units, critical information and concepts are related.

Elida Cordora NAME DATE The Unit Organizer BIGGER PICTURE LAST UNIT/Experience CURRENT UNIT NEXT UNIT/Experience UNIT SELF-TEST QUESTIONS UNIT RELATIONSHIPS UNIT SCHEDULEUNIT MAP CURRENT UNIT /22 The roots and consequences of civil unrest. The Causes of the Civil War Growth of the Nation The Civil War 1/22 Cooperative groups - over pp /28 Quiz 1/29 Cooperative groups - over pp "Influential Personalities" projectdue 1/30 Quiz 2/2 Cooperative groups - over pp /6 Review for test 2/7 Review for test 2/6 Test is about... Sectionalism pp Areas of the U.S. Differences between the areas Events in the U.S. Leaders across the U.S. was based on emerged because of became greater with was influenced by descriptive cause/effect compare/contrast What was sectionalism as it existed in the U. S. of 1860? How did the differences in the sections of the U.S. in 1860 contribute to the start of the Civil War? What examples of sectionalism exist in the world today? ORGANIZATION LESSONS / ACTIVITIES KNOWLEDGE STRUCTURE GUIDING QUESTIONS CONNECTIONS

The Concept Mastery Routine is used to: Explain a major concept. Summarize and define a major concept. Show where that concept fits within a larger body of knowledge.

CONCEPT DIAGRAM Always PresentSometimes Present Never Present TIE DOWN A DEFINITION Key Words Å PRACTICE WITH NEW EXAMPLE CONVEY CONCEPT NOTE KEY WORDS OFFER OVERALL CONCEPT CLASSIFY CHARACTERISTICS Æ À Á Â Ã À Á Â Examples: Nonexamples: EXPLORE EXAMPLES Ä Civil War armed conflict United States War between the States Northern Ireland 1990’s crisis in the Balkans American Revolutionary War World War I World War II “Desert Storm” in Kuwait A civil war is a type of armed conflict among groups of citizens of a single nation that is caused by concerns about the distribution of power. U.S. Civil War Northern Ireland citizens one nation ethnic many nations social rights Desert Storm in Kuwait Groups of citizens Within a single nation About distribution of power economic religious ethnic War between nations social political Hierarchical CATEGORIZATION ANALYSIS of characteristics DISCRIMINATING EVALUATION PRIOR KNOWLEDGE SYNTHESIZE

The Question Exploration Routine is used to: Explore difficult questions. Improve performance on tests and other assessment activities. Increase awareness of the value of the content.

Date: Title Critical Question #: Name: Text Reference Course Lesson Unit How can we use the main idea? 5 Is there an Overall Idea? Is there a real-world use? 6 1 What is the Critical Question? What is the main Idea answer? 4 2 What are the Key Terms and explanations? 3 What are the Supporting Questions and answers? What does Fredrick Douglas reveal about himself & his attitude toward education in this excerpt? 1. Fredrick Douglas 2. reveal 3. excerpt 1.Someone from history 2.To expose or bring into view 3.3. a passage from a book 1.Who is Fredrick Douglas? 2.What is his attitude toward education? 1.Fredrick Douglas is a slave 2. He had a positive attitude toward learning and was self-motivated to learn how to read and write. Open Response, p. 307 Fredrick Douglas was a slave who took responsibility to teach himself how to read & write. He was not allowed to got to school, so he became resourceful, managing to learn how to read and write by any means. Pull examples from the text for each sentence Fredrick Douglas valued education & figured out sneaky ways to learn even though he was not allowed as a slave. Today, many high school students have the opposite attitude & find sneaky ways to avoid learning. Fredrick Douglas thought it was a privilege, where as many teenagers do not. Question Exploration Guide Key Words Su Supporting Questions Summarizing Connections to Real World Relationships within the content

How well does Content Enhancement work? In each study students gained points on the content assessments. An average of 10 to 20 points

Supporting Research Question Exploration Routine Traditional Instruction

Routines Work Routines Work

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