Literacy matters: strategies every teacher can use

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Introduction

Vignette

About the Book

The Acronym: Literacy Matters

Learn to Learn With Metacognitive Reflections

Use Mediated Journals Before the Lesson

Use Literacy Ranking During the Lesson

Return to Mediated Journals After the Lesson

Interact With Seven Strategies to Comprehend (Phantom Skill)

Schema Theory

Ask Questions

Important Themes

Make Inferences

Visualize

Summarize

Fix Up Strategies

Tap Into Prior Knowledge to Support Schema Theory

Use an Agree/Disagree Chart

The KWL Chart

People Search

Extend Reading to Encourage Flexible Reading

The Human Graph-An Interactive Experience

Use a Venn Diagram to Compare and Contrast

Informational Text and Narrative Text

Research the Principles of the Brain and Learning

Sensory Memory to Storage (or Long-Term Memory)

Chunking Information

The Story of a Brain That Reads!

Analyze Words to Foster Fluency

Decoding, Contextual Clues, and Structural Analysis

Collaborate With Cooperative Learning Groups to Engage Learners

Establish Roles and Responsibilities

Literature Circles

Cooperative Tear Share

You-Are-a-Reader Attitude Matters

Data and Feedback Loops

Student Portfolios

Performance Learning

Mediate With Early Intervention Strategies

Reciprocal Teaching

One-to-One Tutoring

Examining Student Work

Appeal to Parents/Guardians and Get Them Involved

Parent Involvement

Homework

Read Aloud

Teach Vocabulary by Building Background Knowledge

ABC Graffiti

Word Collections

Four-Fold Concept Development

Tune In to Technology to Impact Literacy

Literacy Online

Word/Numeracy Processing

Graphic Arts

Enter Literacy With a Multiple Intelligences Approach

Multiple Intelligences Profile

Multiple Intelligences Grid

Sustained Silent Reading

Read Aloud, Read Along, Read Appropriately to Foster Flexible Readers

Read Aloud

Read Along

Read Appropriately

Strategize With Guided Reading Activities

Directed Reading and Thinking Activity (DRTA)

BET Strategy

Survey, Question, Read, Recite, and Review (SQ3R)

Bibliography

Index