LITERACY STRATEGIES

By: Ashley Walker

DEFINITION

My definition: A literacy strategy is something used

to aid students’ comprehension and understanding

of the text through more interactive methods

(activities)

Almost every strategy I’ve ever run across uses a

process to achieve these results

Examples: My wall posters, SOAPSTone, or Design

Cycle

ONLINE RESOURCES

www.readwritethink.org/

Examples: Literacy Strategies-QAR , lessons with standards,

and Uglies Packet information

Best Part: Free lessons, handouts, and standards with step-

by-step instructions

http://

www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interac

tives/book-cover-guide-30060.html?tab=3#tabs

-literacy strategy link, differentiating instruction information

ONLINE RESOURCES CONT.

www.writingfix.com

Great resource for online lessons and discussions

of how to use literacy strategies in the classroom

Examples: Exit tickets, 6-Post-Its, and Journal

Prompts

Across curriculum resources http://

writingfix.com/classroom_tools/post_its.htm

LOCAL RESOURCES

Claudia Cox

The UNC Charlotte Writing Project- summer

workshops, upcoming Randolph Middle School

workshop during the Language Arts PLC meeting

Feb. 28th

If interested in the spring conference, please let

me know.

Cindy Urbanski

BOOKS

When Kids Can’t Read: What teachers can do by: Kylene Beers

Very practical with mixed in research to support findings

Step inside the classroom section that shows how to use the strategy

Chart at front of book for easy access

Models how a beginning teacher can correctly use these strategies in the

classroom by providing transcripts with real-life examples pages 41-60

Not left with a strategy that you don’t know how to implement or what you

are doing wrong

Page 42 gives 6 steps for teaching a strategy (I would try the strategy

multiple times throughout the year