1. Literacy Strategies
By: Ashley Walker

2. Definition
My definition: A literacy strategy is something used to aid students’ comprehension and understanding of the text through more interactive methods (activities)
Almost every strategy I’ve ever run across uses a process to achieve these results
Examples: My wall posters, SOAPSTone, or Design Cycle

3. Online Resources www.readwritethink.org/
Examples: Literacy Strategies-QAR , lessons with standards, and Uglies Packet information
Best Part: Free lessons, handouts, and standards with step-by-step instructions
-literacy strategy link, differentiating instruction information

4. Online Resources Cont. www.writingfix.com
Great resource for online lessons and discussions of how to use literacy strategies in the classroom
Examples: Exit tickets, 6-Post-Its, and Journal Prompts
Across curriculum resources

5. Local Resources Claudia Cox
The UNC Charlotte Writing Project- summer workshops, upcoming Randolph Middle School workshop during the Language Arts PLC meeting Feb. 28th
If interested in the spring conference, please let me know.
Cindy Urbanski

6. Books When Kids Can’t Read: What teachers can do by: Kylene Beers
Very practical with mixed in research to support findings
Step inside the classroom section that shows how to use the strategy
Chart at front of book for easy access
Models how a beginning teacher can correctly use these strategies in the classroom by providing transcripts with real-life examples pages 41-60
Not left with a strategy that you don’t know how to implement or what you are doing wrong
Page 42 gives 6 steps for teaching a strategy (I would try the strategy multiple times throughout the year