Comprehension Strategies
6+1Writing Traits
Types of Writing
Writing Process
Oh, and Don't Forget About...
100
Using schema to understand text
What is Making Connections?
100
The content of the piece; the heart of the message
What are Ideas?
100
Written to tell a story about one's own personal experiences; written around a central theme
What is a Personal Narrative?
100
The stage in which students focus on mechanical correctness
What is Editing?
100
The phonics program currently used by ZPS (in lower grades)
What is Zoo Phonics?
200
Wondering and searching for answers before, during, and after reading
What is questioning?
200
The internal structure of a piece of writing; the logical pattern of ideas
What is Organization?
200
Written to convince using facts as well as pros and cons
What is Persuasive writing?
200
The stage in which students focus on how their writing sounds as they make additions and deletions to their work
What is Revising?
200
The spelling program currently used in ZPS (1st-8th) that focuses on spelling high frequency words correctly
What is Sitton Spelling?
300
Creating a picture in the mind
What is visualizing?
300
The heart and soul of a piece of writing, the author's convictions coming out in words
What is Voice?
300
Provides reasons or gives explanations for how or why something happens
What is Cause and Effect writing?
300
The stage in which students gather ideas and begin to organize their thinking with a graphic organizer
What is Prewriting/planning?
300
The set of strategies students can use when they come to an unknown word
What are Decoding Strategies?
400
Drawing conclusions, making predictions, evaluating and reflecting
What is inferring?
400
Rich, colorful, precise language that enlightens the reader
What is Word Choice?
400
Written to include a specific list of items; order not important
What is Enumerative writing?
400
Preparing a finished piece for presentation; selecting the appropriate format, fonts, and graphics
What is Publishing?
400
The acquisition of new words; understanding how words work and what they mean
What is Vocabulary/Word Study?
500
Combining new ideas with what is already known to create something new
What is Synthesizing?
500
The flow of the language; how the writing sounds to the reader
What is Sentence Fluency?
500
Gives information in order of occurrence; a main topic supported by details given in a specific order
What is Sequential/chronological writing?
500
The stage in which students begin writing, focusing on the content of their piece
What is Drafting?
500
Reading that sounds like talking, is known to be a predictor of good comprehension, and is currently measured in Zeeland by the DIBELS
What is Fluency?
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