Tag Archives: instructional strategies

Understanding Text Structures

In this week’s DPI RttT Weekly Update, a blog post from The Learning Network is referenced as a quality resource for providing students support with text structures.  The post, “Compare-Contrast, Cause-Effect, Problem-Solution: Common ‘Text Types’ in The Times,” provides insight about … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under Uncategorized

Shaping Up Review

Shaping Up is a summarizing literacy strategy for students of all ages in any course.     Purpose:  To engage students in synthesizing major concepts   Description: Students will synthesize major concepts from the lesson using four different shapes.   … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under Uncategorized

Message of the Week: October 7, 2008

In keeping with the theme of literacy and vocabulary development, here are some vocabulary strategies you may want to try.  Word Jar – For Independent Reading The following information is written on a strip of paper and then added to … Continue reading

Leave a Comment

Filed under Uncategorized