Group discussions where students explore big ideas and reflect on responses to a story
What is a Grand Conversation
100
Teachers share their thoughts verbally as they read with emphasis on monitoring their thinking strategies
What is a think aloud?
100
Children manipulate sounds of oral language blending sounds in spoken word
What is phonemic awareness?
100
Read aloud, word study, guided reading, shared reading and independent reading
What is balanced reading
200
This call back ends with Boom Boom
What is Chicka Chicka?
200
A Chart to activate prior knowledge, To list what the students wonders about and to record what is learned.
What is a KWL chart
200
Puzzle game in which children start at the bottom and through steps, change one word into another by exchanging usually one letter at a time.
What is a word ladder?
200
Children convert letters to sounds and blend sounds to recognize words
What is phonics
200
A daily letter to the students that can be used to teach many reading skills
What is Morning message
300
This call back ends with Guacamole
What is Holy Moly
300
Booklets of paper stapled together for Children to write to ask questions, summarize or reflect
What is a learning log
300
Collections of words posted in a classroom which student can easily refer to and use in their writing
What are Word Walls?
300
a e i o u and sometimes y
What are the vowels?
300
Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary and Comprehension
What are the 5 components of reading instruction?
400
This call back ends with Goodness No!
What is Did Pete Cry?
400
Children select and arrange predetermined letters directed by the teacher to form new words and practice spelling patterns.
Sometimes all the letters can be formed into a new word.
What is Make Words?
400
Diagrams or structures that provide organized visual representation of information from texts
What are graphic organizers
400
Ow as in owl, and oy as in boy are examlpes
What are diphthongs?
400
Charts made in front of and with children to help them remember stategies
What are anchor Charts?
500
This call back ends with Square Pants
What is Sponge Bob?
500
Cards on which illustration and text from a picture book have been attached to be used for retelling or sequencing
What are Story boards
500
Right there, Think and Search and Author and Me, On my Own Questions
What is QAR or Question Answer Relationships
500
Ch, th, sh to name a few
What are digraphs
500
Paula's ( and Karen's) favorite organizational reading structure