Literacy and the SmartBoard

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Literacy and the SmartBoard

• Modeling Active Reading Strategies with the
  SmartBoard

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Objectives

• Participants will be able to
• Describe two literacy strategies
• Explain the purpose of modeling literacy
  strategies
• Describe at least one way to use the SmartBoard
  to model a literacy strategy
• Determine a situation in his/her own classroom in
  which he/she could use a literacy strategy

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What is a literacy strategy?

• Literacy strategies are tools students can use to
  monitor their own reading.
• Literacy strategies create more active, engaged
  readerswhich ultimately equals better readers!

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Examples

• Insert Technique
• Students use a special coding system to mark
  passages as they read.
• ? I didnt understand this information.
• ! Cool!
• Thats new information for me!
• - This information changed my mind about
  something.
• v I agree with this information.
• X I dont agree with this information.
• For more information on the Insert Technique, see
  this link.

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Examples

• Making Connections
• Students use sticky notes to make various
  connections to the text.
• T-T a text to text connection
• This part reminds me of a book I read last
  year...
• T-W a text to world connection
• I just saw a news story about China, and this
  passage is similar because
• T-S a text to self connection
• This character reminds me of myself because
• For more information on the Insert Technique, see
  this link.

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Why should I model?

• Literacy strategies are the foundation to good
  readers.
• Students need to see good readers (you!) in
  action to understand how to read.
• By modeling the literacy strategies, you are
  showing your students what is expected of them
• every time they read.
• in every classroom.
• with every assignment.
• The sooner in the school year you model the
  strategies, the more time the students have to
  make these reading strategies habits.

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How can I use the SmartBoard with these
strategies?

• The following slides will give you step-by-step
  procedures to the SmartBoard lessons I will be
  modeling at the front of the room.
• This power point is located on our shared drive,
  so you will always have access to the
  presentation and the supporting documents.

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Insert Technique

• Connect your projector and SmartBoard to your
  laptop.
• Open the Ancient Egypt passage pack.
• Project the passage on page 3 onto your
  SmartBoard.
• Hand out copies of the Insert technique poster.
  Discuss with your students what the different
  symbols mean.
• While you read the passage on page 3 out loud,
  use the SmartBoard pens to mark the passage with
  the Insert symbols. Be sure to think out loud
  and explain why you are inserting the symbols.
• Pair the students. Give a copy of the passage on
  page four to each student. Working together,
  allow the students to read the passage and insert
  the symbols.
• As a whole class, discuss where the students put
  symbols and why.
• Using our InterActive Reader Workbooks, allow the
  students to read a passage/story and insert the
  symbols independently.

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Making Connections

• Connect your projector and SmartBoard to your
  laptop.
• Open the Ancient Egypt passage pack.
• Project the passage on page 5 onto your
  SmartBoard.
• Select a 1 2 page excerpt from a high interest
  book or a 1 2 page short story. Type the text
  into the SMART Notebook software.
• Once you have typed the text into the SMART
  Notebook application, click the gallery tab
  located on the right side menu.
• Under gallery, click the following education?
  mathematics ? shapes, space measure ? shapes ?
  flat shapes.
• If you scroll down under the flat shapes menu,
  you will see various multi-colored shapes. The
  square and the rectangle best resemble actual
  post-it notes.
• As I conduct the read aloud of the text on the
  smart board, I stop at previously determined
  spots in order to model active reading. This is
  done by simply dragging the square or rectangle
  onto the text and writing on the shape using one
  of the electronic SMART Board pens. (see picture)
  
• As guided practice, I normally give a few student
  volunteers the opportunity to model their use of
  active reading strategies at the SMART Board.

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Thank you!

• Thank you for taking the time to participate in
  this staff development activity. I hope that you
  learned some tips and tricks to help you increase
  technology use in your classroom.
• Please click on the following links and take both
  surveys.
• Evaluation http//www.surveymonkey.com/s/QMKKFM7
• Assessment
• http//www.surveymonkey.com/s/QZ2NQ78