.82• Explicitly and systematically teaching steps

necessary for – Planning– Revising– And/or editing text

• Goal: teach students to use independently

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

• Can be reordered, combined, modified, and repeated, based on students need.

1.Develop background knowledge2.Discuss it3.Model it4.Memorize it5.Support it6.Independent performance

Purpose:– Students will successfully understand, learn, and

apply the strategy. •Teachers must identify the prerequisite skills needed •Assess whether students possess these skills.

– If skill deficits are identified, can be address either by reteaching, accommodations, or modifications.

Purpose:– Ensure that students are motivated and willing to

learn new strategy•How:

– Examine and discuss their current writing performance & perceptions of writing process.

– Foundational to discuss purpose of strategy– Establish goals– At conclusion of this stage, steps for strategy

introduced

Purpose:– Show exactly how to use strategy

•Most effective when teachers use “think-aloud” & highlight the “why” and “how” of each strategy.•After strategy is modeled, students should have time to discuss benefits & challenges•Establish specific product goals

Purpose:– Students become familiar enough to the steps in

the strategy that they can use automatically.•Fastest step•Effective when memorization is fun!•For students who struggle to memorize

– Prompts (cards)

Purpose:– Students gradually assume responsibility for using the

new strategy•Effective when teachers

– scaffold instruction– Cooperative peer groups– Provide frequent constructive feedback– Offer positive reinforcement

•Most students should be independently using strategy after 2-4 collaborative scaffold experiences.

Purpose:– Ensure students consistently use strategy over time,

in multiple settings, and with variety of tasks.•Generalization and maintenance is achieved by

– Students recognize how strategy improves their writing.

– Identify where else it would be beneficial– How to modify it

In groups1.Pick the strategy TREE or DARE2.Develop a lesson plan including one or two stages

– Resource: reflect back on 5th grade story or model

3.Be prepared to share lesson with whole group.