Reading Strategies

Reading Strategies
An Internet Hotlist on Reading Strategies

created by Stephanie Moore
Villa Duchesne/Oak Hill School

Introduction
In addition to using books and magazines to find out about Reading Strategies, why not also use the power of the Internet? The links below will get you started.

Use PowerPoint to complete 'book talks'
Use a 'beginning' slide
Use a 'middle' slide
Use an 'end' slide
Use story elements
Create an interest in others to read the book
Allow for presentation time

Use Inspiration or Kidspiration for graphic organizers or concept mapping and outline skills.

Create a Reader's Response journal --
Label a goal for the day
How many pages will I read?
What am I reading for?

Create a template for a daily reading comment log, student reflection, character descriptions, summaries, points of view, and a story web.

Build a story pyramid -- story pyramids describe most important information!
Line 1 - one word - Name of character
Line 2 - two words - Describe character
Line 3 - three words - Describe setting
Line 4 - four words - State a problem or obstacle
Line 5 - five words - Describe an event
Line 6 - six words - Describe a second event
Line 7 - seven words - Describe a third event
Line 8 - eight words - State how the character overcame an obstacle or solved a problem

The Internet Resources

Beyond Books - Reading, Technology, and Standards
Bloom's Questioning - An explanation and sample of using Bloom's taxonomy in teaching questioning and critical thinking
Carol Hurst Children’s Literature Guide - Click on “Curriculum Areas,” “Authors,” or “Professional Topics”---from “Professional Topics” go to “Reading” and then “Guided Reading Opportunities…”-- A wealth of information to support and enhance reading
Critical Reading - Fundamental reading strategies to help comprehension
Effective Reading Strategies - A few tips on how to get the most out of what you read
Four Blocks to Reading - Incorporates on a daily basis four different approaches to teaching children to read - Guided Reading, Self-Selected Reading, Writing, and Working with Words
Four Reading Strategies for High School Students - A site with great resources and strategies for high school students from the University of Alaska/Anchorage School of Education
Ghost Forest by Zlatko Enev - This picture book is online with animations, an interactive map, teaching materials, scenes and characters…Very Cool!
Guided Reading - A super site for guided reading strategies, tutorials, and wonderful resources…A MUST SEE!!!
International Reading Association - Articles, news, workshops, etc.
Literature Guides from Nancy Polette (Lindenwood University) - Literature guides for picture books and novels—with new additions regularly
Literature Learning Ladders - Encouraging active reading through book -- technology connections
Questioning Toolkit - Jamie McKenzie offers great stuff on developing questions that are essential
Reading Stages - A listing of reading stages from emergent to independent
Reading Strategies - A teacher page to assist with predict/infer, phonics/decoding, monitor/clarify, making connections, questioning, visualizing, evaluating, summarizing, and independent reading tips
Reading Strategies Notebook - An indepth list of ten (10) strategies for reading
Reading Strategies for All Classrooms - Practical ways to incorporate reading strategies into a classroom
Reading Workshop - A wealth of reading and comprehension strategies for all; online examples, activities, practice tutorials, etc.
Reading: Definitions - Offers a variety of ways teachers can teach oral reading and comprehension
Reading: Mind Maps - Strategies to help you read more quickly and effectively...includes mind maps, and how to appreciate what you read
Strategies for Reading Comprehension - Reading strategies for everyone...click on the side links for specific strategies in .PDF form
Taking Notes - Help in taking good notes from your textbook or computer screen...includes a concept map
Teaching Science through Picture Books - This lesson introduces third- through fifth-grade students to a study of the tropical rainforest with access and build upon prior knowledge-listening-writing-simple note-taking strategies-vary the reading structures-find patterns in text structure-learn vocabulary in context-demonstrate synthesis of the text by writing efferent and affective responses to the text-generate a list of questions to be pursued in small group research on the Internet—Whew!!
The Electronic Classroom - An Internet workshop -- Making Time for Literacy

Content by Stephanie Moore, smoore@vdoh.org
http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listreadingst2.html
Last revised Sun Jun 17 19:21:15 US/Pacific 2007