EDGE Institute 2014

Reading Strategies with Microsoft WordWendy Sarino

Agenda

• Session Domain & Guiding Question• Objectives & Success Criteria• Using Options & Tools in the Reading Pane• Next Steps

Session Domain and Guiding Question(s)

Curriculum & PedagogyWhat strategies do students use to acquire and integrate their learning?

What strategies will help students practice, review, and apply their learning?

• CP5: Differentiated Instruction

• CP6: Scaffolds the Task

• CP7: Gradual Release of Responsibility

Session Objectives

• Understand that using Microsoft Word as a learning tool helps students to meet reading standards. – Determining the meaning of words &

phrases as they are used in the text– Building reading fluency, accuracy,

vocabulary, comprehension

Success Criteria

I can:

• Use the Full Screen Reading Pane

• Insert Comments

• Highlight Text

• Use the Dictionary & Thesaurus

• Set & Use the Translation Tool

Full Screen Reading Pane

What does it look like? Why would I want to use this?Options to help with reading text:• Increase Text Size: Adaptive to students’

reading needs.• Show One Page: Limiting view to only one

page lessens amount of text student sees to eliminate anxiety.

• Show Two Pages: Traditional view to simulate book reading.

Highlighter

• Unfamiliar words Examples: 1) Words to look-up in dictionary,

2) Assessment of text difficulty

• Words that give clues to literary devicesExamples: 1) Characterization, 2) Foreshadowing, 3) Alliteration, Assonance

• Sentences & PhrasesExamples: 1) Identify organizational structures, 2) Text evidence, and 3) Patterns related to author’s style.

Comment

• Allows for students to annotate.

• Allows for teachers to explain or provide guidance.

Research Pane

• Dictionary– English Assistance US

• Thesaurus– Thesaurus English US

• Translation– Research Pane– Mini-Translator Toolbar (Bilingual Dictionary)

• CP5: Differentiated Instruction Know ability of students, visual (highlight), auditory (Bilingual Dictionary speak text).

• CP6: Scaffolds the Task Providing extra guidance for students who need it (comments, access to dictionary & translation tools).

• CP7: Gradual Release of Responsibility Students/teachers can choose to decrease number of scaffolds as needed.

Continuing Support

Watch a tutorial through Atomic Learning.

Thank You

End of Session