It's All Elementary: Elementary Literacy Strategies in the Secondary Classroom
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We want students to be literate; to have strong content knowledge so they can respond to the demands of the secondary classroom and beyond. However, some students come to high school lacking the skills needed to comprehend and critique the content material. This is frustrating, not only for the students, but also for secondary teachers, content specialists who may not have experience with teaching literacy skills. This workshop focuses on ways to incorporate elementary strategies into the secondary classroom without watering down the content. Emphasis will be on building vocabulary and comprehension, using children’s books to draw connections, and finding ways to make every student an active participant in the learning
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It's All Elementary: Elementary Literacy Strategies in the Secondary Classroom
- 1. It’s All Elementary: Elementary Literacy Strategies in the Secondary Classroom Jennifer Smithers Marten GT Coordinator/Online School Coordinator Plymouth Joint School District Plymouth, Wisconsin
- 3. But what about the boy (or girl) who DOESN’T love words?
- 4. Literacy Skills Print Awareness Phonological Awareness Phonics Fluency Vocabulary Comprehension Writing
- 5. VOCABULARY
- 6. Teaching Science VocabularyContent Vocabulary significantly increases the depth and complexity of text.
- 7. Vocabulary Strategies • Concept Map • Concept Circle • Concept Sorts • 15 Vocabulary Strategies in 15 Minutes – Frayer model – Graffiti – Making Meaning – Vocab Anchor – Vocab Cartoon – Vocab Frames
- 8. Think-Pair-Share • Read through the strategies. • Find a partner and brainstorm ways you could use 1-2 of these. • Be prepared to share out. 10 Minute Timer
- 10. Narrative Text Strategies • Double Entry Journal • Two Word Strategy • Sketch to Stretch • Analogy Charting • Character Charts • Inner Voice
- 11. Informational Text Strategies • 3 Minute Pause • Discussion Web • Pro-Con Scale • Post-It Note Responses • Opinion Proof Chart • Semantic Feature Analysis
- 12. Brainstorm What strategies have you used to increase content comprehension? Which (if any) of these strategies do you want to try? Give an example of how you might use the strategy.
- 13. WRITING
- 14. Writing Strategies • Written Conversation • RAFT • Quick Writes • S-O-S Summary
- 15. EXAMPLES FROM OUR HIGH SCHOOL
- 16. Great Depression
- 17. 1960s • The Times The Are A- Changing • MVP • Political Cartoons • Jigsaw Activity • Article Share
- 18. Perspective
- 19. Mentor Texts Text-to-self World connections losses of war memorial items wounded veterans gravestone rubbings Text-to-self World connections racism tolerance bullying perseverance
- 21. BUILDING BRIDGES How to make connections between the classics and today’s young adult readers
- 22. GRAPHIC NOVELS
- 23. Combining Once Upon a Time with Science
- 24. If You Could Ask One More Question…
- 26. Contact Info • Twitter: @jenmarten • Blog: teach from the heart • Skype: jenmarten • Websites: Feedback Tech in the Classroom • Linkedin: jenmarten • Email: jmarten@tds.net
Editor's Notes
- Scarlett Letter – my experience as a student, pull up that excerpt from book (p. 61)
- Jodi & Dena with extreme EBD boys – Skeleton Creek – multi-modal (diary format – video link at end of each chapter) Passwords are Edgar Allen Poe – so pulls in connections to other things. Then did Edgar Allen Poe graphic novel – some of these boys had elementary reading levels, but they got Poe.