The following strategies will help improve
your child's skills in the area of Language!
Reading Strategies!
| Reading Strategies |
Why We Read!
| Why We Read |
Reading Goals!
| Show me the Evidence ... |
How to Choose "Just Right" Books!
| The Goldilocks Rules for Choosing "Just Right" Books for Me! |
Fiction vs Non-Fiction!
| What's the Difference? Fiction vs Non-Fiction |
Predictions!
| Predictions Strategy |
| Predictions Level 1 - 4 Examples: Animal Strike at the Zoo |
The Big Idea!
| The Big Idea |
| The Big Idea Samples: Level 1 - 4 for Pigsty! |
| The Big Idea Samples: Level 1 - 4 for The Great Kapok Tree! |
What's the Big Idea?
| The Main Idea vs The Big Idea! |
Making Connections!
| Making Connections Visuals! |
| Text to Self, Text to Text and Text to World Templates! |
| Making Connections: Follow up Questions? |
| Making Connections Level 1 - 4 Examples! |
| Text to Text Connections Level 1 - 4 Examples! |
H.O.T. Questions ?
| Higher Order Thinking Strategies |
Questioning Techniques!
| Questioning Techniques Graphic Organizer :-) |
| Questioning? |
Reading Comprehension Strategies!
Schema
| Schema |
Predictions
| Predicting |
| Predict and Infer |
Making Connections!
| Making Connections |
Inferences
| Inference |
Visualizing
| Visualize |
Questions?
| Question? |
Answering Questions
| R.A.S.E. Answering Questions Strategy |
Sequencing
| Sequence |
Story Structure
| Story Structure |
Drawing Conclusions
| Drawing Conclusions |
Author's Viewpoint
| Author's Viewpoint |
| Author's Viewpoint |
Fact and Opinion
| Fact & Opinion |
Cause and Effect
| Cause and Effect |
Compare and Contrast
| Compare and Contrast |
Generalizations
| Generalizations |
Summarize
| Summarize |
Synthesize
| Synthesize |
Evaluate
| Evaluate |
Writing Strategies!
| The 6 Traits of Writing! |
Why We Write!
| Why Writer's Write! |
Writing Goals!
| Writing Goals Visuals |
| Monster Details! |
| Rate your Writing! |
Capitals and Punctuations!
Quotation Marks!
Parts of Speech!
| Parts of Speech! |
Brainstorming Writing Ideas!
| Brainstorming Strategies :-) |
The Writing Process!
| Understanding the Writing Process! |
Editing and Revising!
Forms of Writing!
Recount Writing!
| Recount Writing Level 1 - 4 :-) |
Retell a Story!
Procedural Writing!
| What is Procedural Writing? |
| Procedure for Fire Drill! |
| Procedural Writing Level 1-4 Samples: How to Brush your Teeth! |
Letter Writing!
| Letter Writing Learning Target! |
| Letter Writing Visual |
Point of View!
| Point of View! |
Persuasive Writing!
| Persuasive Writing Learning Goal Visual! |
| Persuasive Writing Success Criteria! |
| Persuasive Writing Template:-) |
| Persuasive Writing Level 1 - 4 Samples: Keep our Community Clean! |
SMARTBOARD:
Persuasive Writing Opinion Ideas!
Report Writing!
| Report Writing Learning Goal! |
| Report Writing Strategies! |
| Report Writing Level 1 - 4 Examples: Frogs |
Parts of a Paragraph!
| Stoplight Paragraphs :-) |
Story Elements!
| Story Elements :-) |
Narrative Writing!
| Narrative Writing Strategies Visual! |
| Narrarive Writing Level 1 - 4 Examples: Keep an Eye on the Sky |
Poetry!
| Poetry Learning Goal & Strategies! |
How to Read Poetry!
| How to Read a Poem! |
Media Literacy!
| Media Literacy Learning Goal :-) |
| Forms of Media Literacy :-) |
Learning about Posters!
| Investigating Posters! |
