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STRATEGIZE

"TERM"INATORS
GRAB BAG
100

The smallest unit of a word that has meaning

Morpheme

100

Students take notes for themselves, to keep track of their own learning

Learning log

100

Putting words into the category the teacher provided.

Closed Sort

100

Visual symbols that represent words

Logographic Clues

100

TRUE or FALSE

In the content areas, Students learn best when they have one official  book to focus on

False - Students need access to a variety of texts beyond the textbook

200

Words that may only be used for a particular discipline, activity or even sport

Technical Vocabulary

200

A way of tracking what the text says and the reader's response to it

Double Entry Log

200
When I stop and ask questions as I read, I am actually

QtA    Questioning the Author

200

What a student believes about his own abilities

Self-efficacy

200

Name one benefit of responding to literature, not just reading it

Responding to literature encourges deeper comprehension
300

Headlines, captions, footnotes, bold or italics fonts, that help the reader follow the text and identify important information

Typographic clues

300

A graphic that shows the reason for something in the text.  It can record the what and why

Cause and effect 

300

What the reader thinks will happen in the text, before reading- intelligent guesses- may be written on a/an

Anticipation Guide

300

A strategy that encourages the reader to "see it in your mind."

Guided Imagery

300

Name 2 benefits of trade books

1.  They complement textbooks

2.  offer perspectives not found in textbok

3.  Come in many genres and forms

400

Highly recognizable images and words that are also known as environmental print.  Young children may recognize these before they actually decode

Logographic print

400

If a student wanted to ask Charlotte why she was so concerned about Wilber the pig in Charlotte's Web, she could.........................

Write an Unsent Letter

400

Thinking about my thinking 

What did I think about to understand this story?

Metacognitive Awareness

400

Using skillful and creative language when writing is ---

Literary Artistry

400

Teacher-support which comes in many forms

Scaffolding

500

Three words that relate to each other in some way can be presented in  a 

Vocabulary Triangle

500

A 4-step approach using imagination to help students understand a text

Double points if you know what the Acronym stands for

IEPC


Imagine, elaborate, predict, and confirm

500

1.  Select a passage to read

2.  Ask a central question with a yes or no answer

3.  Students write down arguments for yes or no

4.  Partners discuss it

5.  Group comes to a consensus (agreement)

Discussion Web

500

Students in the class are reading self-selected texts, independently.  This is known as 

SSR

DEAR

500

TRIPLE Jeopardy

What is Mrs. Otero's favorite novel?

hints - very old

It was required reading when I attended CBC (OCU)

Written by Victor Hugo

Has been made into musicals

French Revolution

Story of Redemption

Les Miserables