Literacy Strategies

The document provides a comprehensive guide to various literacy strategies that can be implemented across different content areas and grade levels. These strategies are designed to facilitate reading comprehension, vocabulary development, fluency, and other literacy skills in students. Each strategy includes a detailed procedure for teachers to follow, with an emphasis on modeling and explicit instruction.

Key Points:

Graphic Thinking Organizers: Visual tools that help students organize and synthesize information, making it easier to remember and understand key concepts.

Examples: Time Order, Problem/Solution, Venn Diagrams, Fishbone, Fact and Opinion.
KWL Charts: A strategy that helps students connect their background knowledge with new information by identifying what they Know, Want to know, and have Learned.

Procedure: Students generate questions, read to find answers, and summarize what they learned.
Comparison Matrix: A tool for recognizing similarities and differences between topics or concepts.

Procedure: Teachers create a matrix with subjects/topics across the top and attributes/details down the side.
Response Notebooks: Writing tools that allow students to explore their thinking, clarify ideas, and deepen understanding through written responses before, during, and after reading.

Directed Reading-Thinking Activity (DRTA): A discussion format focused on making predictions and setting a purpose for reading.

Procedure: Teachers guide students in making predictions, reading segments, and evaluating their predictions.
Knowledge Rating Scale: A vocabulary strategy where students rate their familiarity with key terms and define unknown words.

Procedure: Students work in groups to complete a rating scale and discuss definitions.
Repeated Readings: A fluency strategy involving multiple readings of a passage to improve reading speed and accuracy.

Procedure: Teachers select passages for students to read repeatedly, focusing on accuracy and expression.