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
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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
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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
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