1. EDGE Institute 2014 Reading Strategies with Microsoft Word Wendy Sarino

2. Agenda Session Domain & Guiding Question Objectives & Success Criteria Using Options & Tools in the Reading Pane Next Steps

3. Session Domain and Guiding Question(s) Curriculum & Pedagogy What strategies do students use to acquire and integrate their learning? What strategies will help students practice, review, and apply their learning?

4. CP5: Differentiated Instruction CP6: Scaffolds the Task CP7: Gradual Release of Responsibility

5. Session Objectives Understand that using Microsoft Word as a learning tool helps students to meet reading standards. – Determining the meaning of words & phrases as they are used in the text – Building reading fluency, accuracy, vocabulary, comprehension

6. Success Criteria I can: Use the Full Screen Reading Pane Insert Comments Highlight Text Use the Dictionary & Thesaurus Set & Use the Translation Tool

7. Full Screen Reading Pane What does it look like? Why would I want to use this? Options to help with reading text: Increase Text Size : Adaptive to students’ reading needs. Show One Page : Limiting view to only one page lessens amount of text student sees to eliminate anxiety. Show Two Pages : Traditional view to simulate book reading.

8. Highlighter Unfamiliar words Examples: 1) Words to look-up in dictionary, 2) Assessment of text difficulty Words that give clues to literary devices Examples: 1) Characterization, 2) Foreshadowing, 3) Alliteration, Assonance Sentences & Phrases Examples: 1) Identify organizational structures, 2) Text evidence, and 3) Patterns related to author’s style.

9. Comment Allows for students to annotate. Allows for teachers to explain or provide guidance.

10. Research Pane Dictionary – English Assistance US Thesaurus – Thesaurus English US Translation – Research Pane – Mini-Translator Toolbar (Bilingual Dictionary)

11. CP5: Differentiated Instruction Know ability of students, visual (highlight), auditory (Bilingual Dictionary speak text). CP6: Scaffolds the Task Providing extra guidance for students who need it (comments, access to dictionary & translation tools). CP7: Gradual Release of Responsibility Students/teachers can choose to decrease number of scaffolds as needed.

12. Continuing Support Watch a tutorial through Atomic Learning.

13. Thank You End of Session