Empowering Teachers to Teach

Get Your Game Face On!Lisa Troy, Dorian Hubbard, and Matt

Howington

Welcome and Introductions

Mission: To empower teachers to teach effective instructional strategies that will positively impact student learning.

Importance of Teaching Vocabulary

1. Comprehension improves when you know what the words mean.

2. Words are the currency of communication.

3. When children and adolescents improve their vocabulary, their academic and social confidence and competence improve, too!

4. Research demonstrates a positive correlation between vocabulary knowledge and one’s ability to successfully transition from being a fluent oral reader as a child to becoming a fluent silent reader (post 3rd) for a lifetime of effective and efficient reading.

Vocabulary Baseball!Baseball Vocabulary Rules~Pick a Card at Random~Decide to go for Single, Double, Triple, or a HomerunClearly State:Single – DefinitionDouble – Definition, Synonym or AntonymTriple – Definition, Synonym or Antonym, Part of SpeechHomerun – Definition, Synonym or Antonym, Part of Speech, Pronunciation~It is an out if you get any part of the word wrong.~3 outs change at bats.~The game can be cancelled due to excessive noise. ☺

Vocabulary Baseball: Extensions to Other

Subjects*Can be integrated with all subjects

*Can be used in centers or as a studying technique.

*Students can play in teams or partners

Importance of Story Elements in Reading

Comprehension1. Helps focus on character development and its

impact on the reader or listener.

2. Character, setting, and plot are factual elements students need to know, but knowledge of motivations, feelings, and insights of the characters provides evidence of successful comprehension.

Character Sketches

Character Sketches: Extensions to Other

Subjects

1.Social Studies- important figures in history

2.Science- animal sketches

Fiction/Nonfiction CD’s

*Works very well with centers

Using Songs and Poems to teach Content

1. Music is hard- wired into our genes.2.Music can be used to teach all subject areas.3.Music is very effective especially when one needs to memorize something. Often, when music is used learning a certain concept or lesson is more easily understood by the student.

Learn the Presidents with Beyoncé!

“All the Presidents”

Using Songs and Poems to teach Content

Your turn! Create a song, poem, rap, or

chant to teach a concept.

What is a Gallery Walk?1. Gallery Walk is most successful when

students are properly prepared to use it, when instructors are familiar both in its effective use and challenges, and when student learning is assessed.

2. Gallery Walk is an effective method for fostering higher order thinking skills and promoting class discussion.

Benefits of a Gallery Walk?1. Because this strategy requires students to

physically move around the room, it can be especially engaging to kinesthetic learners.

2. Can be used for any subject.

I Have…Who Has1. I have who has is a round robin of questions

and answers that reinforces skills.2. This activity is a great way to get the class

involved with mental math.3. It can be used in all subject areas.4. Great for review!

The Importance of Sequencing 1. Sequencing is one of the many skills that

contributes to students’ ability to comprehend what they read.

2. Sequencing refers to the identification of the

components of a story, such as the beginning, middle, and end, and also to the ability to retell the events within a given text in the order in which they occurred.

3. As students listen to or read text, they are best

served if they can understand the information as it is presented and then recall it at a later point

Cinderella Sequencing 1. Cinderella is a great story to hone their

Sequencing skills. 2. This Sequencing Activity will provide an

opportunity for students to examine text and story structure, which, in turn, strengthens their comprehension skills.

3. Sequencing is a skill that can be incorporated into

ANY subject area!

Having Fun with Foldables

1. Students can quickly organize, display and arrange data making it easier for students to grasp concepts, theories, processes, facts, and ideas, or to sequence events as outlined in the content standards.

2. Result in student-made study guides that are compiled as students listen for main ideas, read for main ideas, or conduct research.

Having Fun with Foldables

2. Replace teacher-generated writing or photocopied sheets with student-generated print.

3. Continues to immerse students in previously learned vocabulary, concepts, generalizations, ideas, theories, etc. providing them with a strong foundation upon which they can build with newly learned knowledge, observations, and concepts.

4. Provides a sense of student "ownership" or investment in the curriculum.

Having Fun with FoldablesMake your own!

1. The Six Door

2. The Layered Book

Integrating literature into content areas

1. Children's books present interesting problems and illustrate how other children solve these problems.

2. As children read nonfiction books, they listen to the facts about a particular subject. The information is assimilated into what the children already know.

3. Instead of reading the book from cover to cover, students read a small portion of the story, and then they investigate the subject matter presented.

Graphic Organizers &Thinking Maps

1. Thinking maps are visual tools used for learning.

2. They can be applied in all subject areas and all grade levels.

3. MAKE YOUR OWN!

Acting It Out1. Select a book that you think would work well. Choose

one with characters that have strong personalities and clear roles in the story. You might want to choose a story or even a nursery rhyme that the child already knows. Tell the child you’ll be acting out the story or poem. Then read it aloud together.

2. Talk a little bit about what happens in the story: What is the problem? How it is solved? Ask the child where the story takes place and who the main characters are. What happens at the beginning of the story? The middle? The end?

Acting It Out3. You don’t have to act out the entire story but can pick a short section

that lends itself well to this activity. For instance, in the Three Little Pigs, the “I’ll-huff-and-I’ll puff” part would be a natural choice.

4. Ask the child to switch roles to explore how different characters react to the same events. A child who plays the Big Bad Wolf will have to think about what’s on the wolf’s devious mind. By switching to Little Red Riding Hood, he or she will see that Little Red’s thoughts and feelings are altogether different!

5. After the performance, talk about what it was like to be a particular character. Ask the child: What do you think your character was thinking when that happened? What do you think the character will do next?

The Three Little Pigs

Acting It Out

YOUR TURN!!!

Helpful Websiteswww.studyjams.com

www.brainpop.com

www.unitedstreaming.com

www.studyzone.org

www.curriculumpathways.com

www.teachertube.com

www.multiplication.com

www.pppst.com

Sourceswww.readfaster.com

www.scholastic.com

www.thefreelibrary.com

www.newsouthvoices.uncc.edu

www.readwritethink.org