Literacy Resources

The following strategies can be used as part of your 2017-2018 TeachPoint Professional and Student Learning Goals.

Some of these strategies come from Keys to Literacy (KTL), Sheltered English Immersion (SEI), and The Massachusetts Tiered System of Support (MTSS).

Pre-Reading Strategies

  • Meta Questions
  • Background Information
    • Top Down Web - KTL
    • Images
    • Brief student discussion (if they have some knowledge)
  • Vocabulary

During Reading

  • Click and Clunk - MTSS
  • Two Column Notes - KTL
  • Active Reading: questioning, connections…
  • Partner Reading - SEI
  • Reciprocal Teaching - SEI

Post-Reading

  • Student Generated Questioning
    • Bloom’s - KTL
    • Three Types - MTSS
  • Get the Gist - MTSS
  • Summary - KTL
  • Top Down Web - KTL
  • Main Idea - KTL
  • Academic Discussions - MTSS