From Struggling Readers and Writers Seminar TCI

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Struggling Readers and Writers

• From Struggling Readers and Writers Seminar (TCI)
• Presenters Sarah David and Christie Hamm

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Illustrated Dictionary

• What is it? Illustrated Dictionaries allow
  student to interact with key terms that they will
  encounter in the upcoming text. As they
  manipulate the terms in linguistic and
  non-linguistic ways. They begin to master them
  and prepare to read.

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Fist List (post-reading)

• What is it? Fist List is an activity in which
  students place a vocabulary term in the palm of
  their hand and then count down five steps on
  their fingers.

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3-2-1 Summary (post-reading)

• What is it? This strategy requires students to
  summarize key ideas from the text and encourage
  them to think independently. First, students
  write about three things they discovered. Next,
  they write about two things they found
  interesting. Last, they write one question they
  still have. This strategy can be used while
  reading a variety of texts to actively and
  meaningfully engage student with the text.

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Picture This! (Pre-Reading)

• What is it? Picture This! Is a powerful method
  for motivating students to use their visual
  literacy skills to read and remember text.
  Students see a projected image, discuss it, read
  a text selection that explains the image, and
  then connect their reading to a deeper discussion
  and understanding of the projected image.

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Writing Strategies
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Magnet Summary

• What is it? An activity that leads students to
  write a topic summary that is more detail rich
  and has content specific terms.

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Gist

• What is it? Gist is an activity that challenges
  students to summarize the main idea of a piece of
  reading in twenty words or less.

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Write Around

• What is it? In a Write Around, groups of
  students write notes to each other about a rich,
  complex topic. As they jot comments, pass their
  papers, read what the previous student(s) wrote
  and add their own remarks, students create a
  string of conversation that replaces the
  ineffective whole-class, out-loud discussions.