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Idea Circle
When students are involved in small group peer-led discussions or concepts based on reading experiences involving multiple copies of informational text they are participating in
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Open Syllable
A syllable in which nothing follows the vowel and the vowel is long.
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Closed Syllable
A syllable in which the vowel is followed by a consonant and the vowel is short.
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Essay writing
The purpose of this type of writing is to create a context in which the students discover, analyze, and synthesize ideas through the process of writing. (more formal)
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Four-Step Summary
During this writing strategy, students identify the topic, explain how the reading passage begins, present ideas from the middle of the passage and present ideas from the closing.
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Concept Map
A graphic organizer with shape-bound words or phrases radiating from a central figure that represents the main idea or concept.
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Double Entry Journal
- A type of journal writing with two focuses- What
- is it? and What does it mean to me?
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Flow Diagram
A visual display consisting of shape-bound text and arrows that show direction or sequence of a concept, procedure or event.
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GIST
A writing strategy used to develop the main idea or drawing conclusions for a specific passage. Students consolidate their thoughts about the passage using 20 words of less.
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Graphic Organizers
Visual displays that help students understand, summarize, and synthesize the information from texts or other sources.
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GRASP
A writing strategy incorporating guided reading and summarizing. Students preview a passage and develop headings for the passage. Then they read the passage and add additional details about each heading.
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Learning to Write
Teaching writing as a process with specific steps all focusing on a final product.
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Matrix
An arrangement of words or phrases in a table format to be read both horizontally and vertically to show relationships.
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Notemaking
Refers to students recording notes from written materials.
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Note taking
Refers to students written notes from an activity, lecture, or class discussion.
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Reader Response Theory
The interaction between the reader and the text.
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Tree Diagram
A visual display of information most frequently used to categorize or classify information in which supporting categories branch off from a general concept.
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Writing to Learn
Writing that does not produce a process writing piece. This brief writing process is meant to be catalyst for furthering student learning.
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Writing to learn strategies
RAFT, Admit/Entry Slips, Exit Slips, and Found Poems
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Think-Aloud
A metacognitive process that allows students to “hear” what goes on inside the head of a fluent reader. The goal of think-alouds is to transfer the responsibility of thinking about ones thinking to the reader.
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