In this series of Strategy Guides, you'll learn about different methods and activities to encourage inquiry-based learning in your classroom.
Inquiry-Based Learning
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Reading in the Content Areas
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K - 12
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In this Strategy Guide Series, you'll get information and ideas about teaching reading in the different content areas.
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Teaching Literacy Across the Gradual Release of Responsibility
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K - 12
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This series of strategy guides considers the ways that reading instruction in various contexts works together to help students develop independence as readers. Each strategy guide presents a strategy or instructional context in isolation, but this series of strategy guides is designed to support teachers as they explore the ways reading aloud, shared reading, guided reading, and independent reading all work together.
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Performing Literature to Promote Fluency and Comprehension
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1 - 5
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This study guide outlines three reading methods--Readers Theatre, choral reading, and performing poetry-- that can be used to promote fluency and comprehension.
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Teaching Writing
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K - 5
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This strategy guide series identifies, defines, and provides examples of effective writing strategies and offers a list of resources related to each strategy.
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Facilitating Participation with Silent Conversations
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5 - 12
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This guide introduces silent conversations, a collaborative learning technique that has students
thinking, sharing, and reflecting about important questions—but through writing rather than talk.
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The Art of the Doodle: Writing with Imagination
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5 - 12
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Use independent, imaginative artwork and varied writing prompts to assess understanding of a given topic for a student body with differentiated needs.
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Using Concept Circles to Develop Academic Vocabulary
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3 - 12
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In this guide, you will learn how to use the Concept Circles strategy to support vocabulary development and comprehension of complex text.
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Using Word Walls to Develop and Maintain Academic Vocabulary
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K - 12
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In this guide, you will learn how to use Word Walls to support vocabulary development and retention.
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Using Disciplinary Facets to Deepen Academic Vocabulary Knowledge
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4 - 12
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In this guide, you will learn how to use the disciplinary facets strategy to support vocabulary development across contexts and academic disciplines.
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Using Generative Sentences to Apply Academic Vocabulary
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4 - 12
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In this guide, you will learn how to use generative sentences to give students opportunities to apply their knowledge of new words in writing.
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Reading on the Go
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5 - 12
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In this Strategy Guide, learn how to prepare yourself and your students for reading and note-taking in mobile environments.
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Tracking and Supporting Student Learning with Kidwatching
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K - 8
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In this strategy guide, you'll learn how to use kidwatching to track and support student learning. Teachers observe and take notes on students' understanding of skills and concepts and then use the observations to determine effective strategies for future instruction.
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Using Partner Talk to Strengthen Student Collaboration and Understanding
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K - 8
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In this strategy guide, you'll learn about Partner Talk—a way to provide students with another learning opportunity to make learning their own through collaboration and discussion.
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Introducing Ideas and Vocabulary with the Concept Sort
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K - 8
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A Concept Sort is a vocabulary and comprehension strategy used with students to introduce new topics and/or familiarize students with new vocabulary.
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Using Paired Reading to Increase Fluency and Peer Cooperation
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K - 6
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In this strategy, students read aloud to each other, pairing more fluent readers with less fluent readers. This strategy can also be used to pair older students with younger students to create "reading buddies."
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Bringing Lessons to Life with Animoto
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5 - 12
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Using Animoto, a free Web 2.0 tool, students can develop short digital videos that include music, photos, video clips, and text as well as share their creations electronically.
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Shared Reading Opportunities for Direct Literacy Instruction
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K - 12
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Shared reading affords teachers the opportunity to teach reading strategies in larger groups. The shared text and teacher support offer unique opportunities for instruction.
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Supporting Students As They Read Independently
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K - 12
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This guide includes basic theory and practice for supporting students reading independently, which is the last instructional context along the gradual release of responsibility.
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Using Guided Reading to Develop Student Reading Independence
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K - 12
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This guide presents basic structures for implementing guided reading, which involves working with small groups of children possessing similar strategies and challenges when encountering new text.