Literacy Resources from Susan Payne

Discussion

Activities that Promote Discussion -
Socratic Questions -
Talk Moves
Class Discussion Rubric
Discussion Dollars
Discussion Sentence Frames
Say Something
Say Something Sentence Frames
Socratic Seminar Overview
Talking Chips
Think Literacy Discussion Resources

General Reading Strategies

Double Entry Notes (Word Document)
PENS (Word Document)
RARE(Word Document)
SQ3R (Word Document)
Recipriocal Teaching Overview
    R.T. Notes
    R.T. Student Version (Word Document)
Coding the Text (aka V.I.P in Passport) (Word Document)
Coding the Text Worksheet (Word Document)

Other Strategies

• Student Engagement Strategies Wiki
  This resource is a collection of engaging strategies that many teachers have used successfully in planning instructional activities that promote deeper reading, comprehension, and critical thinking in all content areas for all learners. They provide opportunities for student collaboration and a focus on effective oral and written communication. These strategies can be used to introduce, review, and/or summarize content and provide teachers with opportunities for frequent formative assessment of students. The strategies are organized into 5 categories: Comprehension, Summarization, Learning & Review, Vocabulary, and Skillful Thinking. - http://sestrategies.wikispaces.com/Home
• KNWS (K-W-L for Word Problems) (Word Document)
  In this strategy students use a worksheet similar to K-W-L to analyze and plan how to approach solving a word problem. Using the word problem, students answer what facts they KNOW, what information is NOT relevant, WHAT the problem asks them to find, and what STRATEGY they can use to solve the problem.
• Exit Slips (Word Document)
• Group Work Self-Reflection
• Visual Literacy Questions

Writing

Predicting

Prediction Response Journal
Prediction Guide
DR TA - Directed Reading/Thinking Activity- (Word Doc)
Storyline

Four Round Reading Discussion (Word Document)
Five Round Reading Discussion (Word Document)
Main Idea Notes
Main Idea Organizer
Pyramid Notes 
Cornell Notes

Summarizing

Group Summarizing Instructions
    Template 1 (Word Document)
    Template 2 (Word Document)
Summary Swap & Swap Meet Instructions (Word Document)
   Summary Swap Meet Handout - (Word Document)
Summary Swap Version 2 (Word Document)
Sum It Up (Passport)
Summary Notes
Lesson Summary

Connecting

Making Inferences

Questioning

Bloom's Question Stems
Collaborative Questions
Dense Questioning (Word Document)
QAR Question Chart (Passport)
QAR Question Prompts
Question Generator

Visualizing

Accessing Background Knowledge

Anticipation Guide (Word Document)
KWL
A strategy that helps children predict and connect new information with prior knowledge
    KWL Template 2
ABC Brainstorm (Passport)

Vocabulary

Academic Protocols
Definition Word Chart (Word Document)
Word Sorts Instructions (Word Document)
Word sorts help students recognize the semantic relationships among key concepts.  Students are asked to sort vocabulary terms into different categories.
   Word Sort Template (Word Document)
Frayer Model (Word Document)
Possible Sentences (Word Document)

Cooperative Learning

• Group Role Cards 
• Kagan Strategies 

LINKS

• Tools for Reading, Writing and Thinking
• Reading Quest.org: Reading Comprehension Strategies
• Education Oasis: Graphic Organizers
• Just Read Now – Reading, Vocab, Discussion and Notetaking Strategies
• Adolescent Literacy:Reading Comprehension Strategies

PLT Resources

• Implementation Plan
• Meeting Record
• Action Plan
  

Equity Resources

• Race Bridges for Schools - http://www.racebridgesforschools.com
• Teaching Tolerance - http://www.tolerance.org/
• Education Northwest Equity Resources - http://educationnorthwest.org/equity-program/links
• The Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium - http://www.maec.org/