Transcript Strategies to Improve Literacy Skills Across the

Strategies to
Improve
Literacy Skills
Across the
Curriculum K-12
Camden
November 25, 2008
Cathy Masse
Welcome
• Find a seat.
• Make yourself comfortable.
• Fill out the charts on the wall.
• Touch each page of your
handout.
Introductions
• Name, grade level, hope to
learn.
• Look at agenda, make
adjustments.
• Working conditions.
“Did You Know”
The Paraprofessional’s
Role
• All staff need to work
cooperatively
• How do you feel about working
with other staff members?
• How do professional staff feel
about working with support
staff?
• Communication starter.
Literacy and Sound
Learning Strategies for
Thoughtful Learning
• Read Article (Doug Buehl)
• Each person shares
• Table comes up with one key
leaning point
• Tables share with group
Snow White
One
Two
Table
Keys to Learning Phonics
26 letters in the alphabet but 44
sounds
Paring of sound to letters
Strategies to sound out and
decode words
Concentrate on specific sounds
Ed Helper (create practice sheets)
Good readers spell better if they
know phonics
Keys to Learning Phonics
Phonemic Awareness- Hear and
manipulate sounds in words
Slide show can be found on the
web and you can actually see
the presentation
Slide show
Video Presentation (click on video course)
Phonetic Spelling
L
Lexicon of Learning Terms
(ASCD)
Does This Make
Sense to You?
“Break”
Meet back
here at
10:15
Importance of Vocabulary
Vocabulary is the key to accessing
the meanings of words
Expressive Vocabulary – speaker or
writer must produce label or
meaning
Receptive Vocabulary – reader
must associate meaning with a
label
Importance of Vocabulary
Stat Comparison
Welfare/Working Class/
Professional
Grades 3-12 students learn an
average of 3000 vocabulary
words a year
Lunch
See you back
here at
12:30
Making Meaning Out of
Reading
Comprehension – complex process
that conveys meaning between a
reader and text.
Literacy Guide (readthewords.com)
Prior Knowledge
Good Decoders
Practice
Appropriate text
Greece, NY Reading Strategies
Comprehension Activity
• Watch video
• Line up
• Wrap line
• Share Learning Chip
Prim Activity
• Read through your assigned
sheet
• Share with a neighbor
• Share with your table
• Choose the three most useful
strategies and share out
Cube Activity
• Grab your stress reliever cube
• Design an activity you could use
with your students.
• Share with table.
• Share with folks with the same
cube.
Exploring Free Resources
• Sheet posted on the Maine
Support Network site
• Take a guided tour
Complete Evaluations
Prize Giveaway
• Turn in Evaluation
• Draw Winners
• Whip to sum up the day
10 Best Vocabulary Tips
• Practice – Read, Read, Read (Bookmarks)
• Find how words are used
• Practice – notecard word on one side,
definition and sentence on other side
• Think of some words you know to describe
the word
• Memory tricks (minister)
• Use on line dictionaries to look things up
• Play with words, (puzzlemaker)
• SAT word of the day
• On line games – Text Twist and Bookworm
• Vocabulary Maps