Vocabulary

Reading Instructional Handbook: Vocabulary Strategies

Instructional strategy ideas for teaching vocabulary can be found here. Strategies include vocabulary self-collection, same word/different subject, context clues, word maps, vocabulary anticipation, and word webs.

http://smasd.k12.pa.us/pssa/html/Reading/rihand17.htm

Vocabulary University

On-line puzzles and exercises to promote vocabulary development for students in grades 5 and higher can be found here. After successfully completing the puzzles and exercises, students can print out a diploma from Vocabulary University .

http://www.vocabulary.com

Strengthen Vocabulary Through Reading & Exploring with a Vocabulary Scavenger Hunt

This site provides detailed descriptions of how to use vocabulary scavenger hunts to help students develop vocabulary knowledge and skills.

http://www.kidbibs.com/learningtips/lt24.htm

Spelling

Invented Spelling and Spelling Development

This site contains information about invented spelling, stages of spelling development, and how teachers can nurture spelling development in their classrooms. References are included.

http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed272922.html

Promoting Comprehension with Nonfiction

Using an Author's Style and Text Patterns to Support the Reading of Information

This site contains information about elements of author's style and text patterns that affect student comprehension of content area texts. It provides instructional strategies to help students use an author's style and text patterns to improve comprehension.

http://www.kidbibs.com/learningtips/lt39.htm

Graphic Organizers and Guided Writing Procedure

This site describes how teachers can use graphic organizers and the guided writing procedure to help students comprehend informational texts.

http://smasd.k12.pa.us/pssa/html/Reading/rihnd23b.htm

ReWrite: A Music Strategy for Exploring Content Area Concepts

Here teachers will find a detailed description of the ReWrite strategy, including multiple examples.

http://www.readingonline.org/articles/bats/index.html

Anticipation Guide and Expectation Scheme

Detailed descriptions of ways to implement anticipation guides and the expectation scheme strategy to help students comprehend informational texts can be found here.

http://smasd.k12.pa.us/pssa/html/Reading/rihnd23a.htm

K-W-L, Listen-Read-Discuss, Pre-reading a Chapter, and Pre-Reading Plan

Suggestions for implementing the K-W-L, Listen-Read-Discuss, Pre-Reading a Chapter, and Pre-Reading Plan strategies can be found here.

http://smasd.k12.pa.us/pssa/html/Reading/rihnd23c.htm

Reading in the Content Areas: Literacy and Learning Strategies

Detailed strategy lesson ideas for using a variety of formats, including Think-Alouds, Quick Writes, Jigsaw, and Cubing are available here.

http://www.litandlearn.lpb.org/strategies.html

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