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Reading and Writing as Learning Tools
Features of Content-Area Textbooks
Content-Area Textbook Comprehension
Taking Notes and Studying Effectively
Focus on Big Ideas: Content-Area Units
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This is a learning tool that is designed to activate prior knowledge for the subject you are discussing. The title stands for: K = Knows , W= Want to know, and L = Learned.
What is a KWL Chart?
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This is a title at the top of a page or section of a book that is used to direct readers' attention to the big ideas.
Heading
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This is a preparation activity that teachers use to activate students’ prior knowledge and expand their understanding about a topic before reading. Teachers present students with a list of words, and students identify words on the list that they think relate to the topic as well as those that do not belong.
What is Exclusion Brainstorming?
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This allows students to record their responses to text as they read. In the left-hand page or column, the student copies or summarizes text which is intriguing, puzzling, or moving, or which connects to a previous entry or situation. In the right-hand page or column, the student reacts to the quotation or summary.
What is a Double-Entry Journal?
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This is an organized collection of words displayed in large letters on a wall or other large display place in the classroom. It is a tool designed to promote group learning.
What is a Word Wall?
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This is a personalized learning resource for children. In these logs, the children record their responses to learning challenges set by their teachers.
What is a Learning Log?
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These are small notes that provide supplemental information or direct readers to additional information about a topic. They are often located on the side of an article.
What are Margin Notes?
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This is the step of the reading process includes K.W.L. charts, text set of books, websites, videos, anticipation guides, and exclusion brainstorming.
What is Stage 1: Pre-Reading?
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This is a relationship that helps students realize that the answers they seek are related to the type of question that is asked; it encourages them to be strategic about their search for answers based on an awareness of what different types of questions look for.
What are Question-Answer Relationships?
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This is a way of organizing curriculum around particular topical areas of exploration or themes. A variety of traditional subject areas - such as mathematics, language arts, science, and social studies use these to teach large concepts.
What is a Thematic Unit?
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This is an activity that involves a one-to-two sentence writing prompt. It's meant to spark thoughts for a brief written response.
What is Quick Writing?
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This is an alphabetical list of names, subjects, etc., with references to the places where they occur. It's typically found at the end of a book.
What is an Index?
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What is the process called when students and their educator ask questions and talk about each big idea as they read the chapter?
Reciprocal Questioning
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This study strategy asks the learner to Survey the chapter, Question what you are learning, Read, Recite, and Review what was learned.
What is the SQ3R Study Strategy?
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This is the ability to speak, read and/or write in English. To be considered truly proficient, one should have advanced abilities in all three areas of communication.
What is English Language Proficiency?
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This is part of Writers' Workshop and provides a short (5- to 10- minute), structured lesson on a topic related to writing. Topics are selected by the teacher and based on student need or curricular areas.
What is a Mini Lesson?
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This is an alphabetical list of terms or words found in or relating to a specific subject, text, or dialect, with explanations. This is also considered to be a brief dictionary.
What is a Glossary?
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This is a guide that is made by the educator in order to introduce a set of statements based on the topic of the chapter. Students agree or disagree with each statement and they read the assignment to see if they were correct.
What is an Anticipation Guide?
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This type of writing is used in teaching the early phases of writing, primarily with students in pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, and grade levels 1 and 2. During this writing, the teacher and student share the pen, writing to each to each other in letters, dialog journals or using a message board.
What is Interactive Writing?
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This is when teachers address the challenges facing English learners as they adjust the lessons to maximize students' learning.
What is Adjusting Instruction?
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This is a group of like-minded writers needing support for their work, either through writing peer critiques, workshops or classes, or just encouragement.
What are Writing Groups?
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This is a book used as a standard work for the study of a particular subject.
What is a Content-Area Textbook?
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Which stage involves expanding students' knowledge about the topic, personalizing students' learning, and expecting students to share their knowledge?
Stage 5: Applying
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This analysis uses a grid to help you explore how a set of things are related to one another. By analyzing the grid the students are able to able to see connections, make predictions and master important concepts.
What is Semantic Feature Analysis?
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English learners are often unfamiliar with this because these words aren't used in everyday conversation. Examples are: photosynthesis, scavenger, and democracy. There are no cognates in their native language, so educators must help them understand and retain these English terms.
What is Vocabulary?