Snapshots

by Hoyt, Linda

• ISBN13: 9780325002729
• ISBN10: 032500272X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-31
• Publisher: HEINEMAN

Summary

Linda Hoyt, author of the popular Revisit, Reflect, Retell, returns with the definitive guide to conducting minilessons across the literacy spectrum.

Author Biography

LINDA HOYT has many years of experience teaching in elementary classrooms. She has also worked as a reading specialist, a staff developer, a curriculum specialist, and is currently a full-time consultant. Her special love is creating environments where children engage as active participants in the learning process.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Getting Started with Minilessons	1	(8)
Why Teach Minilessons?	1	(1)
Snapshots Is About Minilessons for Literacy	1	(1)
Show Them What You Want Them to Do	2	(1)
Provide Guided Practice	2	(1)
Move Toward Independent Practice	2	(1)
Allow for Reflection	2	(1)
The Process	2	(2)
Keeping Track of Minilessons	4	(1)
Planning Future Minilessons	5	(1)
Using Student Work Samples	5	(1)
Varying Your Minilessons	6	(1)
Small Segments of Time	6	(1)
Minilesson Topics	7	(2)
Reading Strategies Alive! Knowing What to Do and When to Do It	9	(50)
Developing a Strategic Stance	9	(2)
Good Reader Strategies	11	(1)
I Am a Good Reader	12	(1)
Personal Strategy List	13	(2)
Personal Reading Strategies List	15	(1)
``I Wonder'' Questions	16	(1)
``I Wonder...''	17	(1)
Fix It! Bookmarks	18	(2)
Fix It! Bookmark Templates	20	(1)
Strategy Cards	21	(2)
Strategy Card Templates	23	(1)
Cloze in Big and Little Books	24	(1)
Cloze on the Overhead	25	(1)
A Cloze Poem Activity	26	(1)
Predicting Letters and Words	27	(2)
Cloze Activities	29	(1)
Morning Message	30	(1)
Reviewing My Own Strategies	31	(1)
Personal Monitoring Log	32	(1)
Strategy Poem	33	(1)
Vocabulary Replacement	34	(1)
Strategy Reflections	35	(1)
Group Think Aloud/Activating Prior Knowledge	36	(3)
Poems for Think Alouds	39	(3)
Newspaper Article	42	(1)
Visualizing During Reading	43	(1)
Visualization	44	(3)
Strategy Challenge	47	(1)
Personal Reading Assessment	48	(1)
My Personal Strategy Review	49	(2)
Reading Log	51	(1)
Strategy Scoring Guide	52	(2)
Reading Profile	54	(1)
Running Record Form	55	(1)
Emergent Literacy Profile	56	(3)
Showtime! A Celebration of Oral Reading	59	(16)
Reading with Meaning	60	(1)
Performing Our Favorite Stories	61	(1)
Performing Readers Theater Straight from the Book	62	(2)
Readers Theater: The Three Billy Goats Gruff	64	(2)
Readers Theater: Poetry	66	(3)
Readers Theater: Expository Text	69	(1)
Rhythm and Music to Support Oral Reading	70	(2)
Fast and Slow Reading	72	(1)
Scoring Guide for Fluency and Expression	73	(2)
Phonemic Awareness: Using Our Ears to Make Sense of Sounds	75	(16)
In the Bag!	77	(1)
You DON'T Say!	78	(1)
Name Games	79	(1)
Innovating with Familiar Stories	80	(1)
Making the Most of Sentence Stems	81	(1)
Elkonian Boxes	82	(2)
Elkonian Boxes Template	84	(1)
Sing It Out	85	(6)
Building Knowledge of Print: Sounds Symbols, and Sight Words in Action	91	(36)
Observe: Check for Sound/Symbol Use in Reading and Writing	91	(2)
Plan: Understand Which Sounds Have the Highest Levels of Utilities	93	(1)
Teach: Stimulate Long-Term Memory Through Connections to Real Reading and Writing	94	(1)
Phonetic Writing Analysis	95	(1)
Writing Analysis	96	(1)
Pattern Searching	97	(1)
Personal Phonics Books	98	(1)
Supporting Phonic Understandings	99	(1)
Cloze to Support Phonic Understanding	100	(1)
Letter Detectives	101	(2)
Reading Necklaces	103	(2)
More Name Games	105	(2)
Rimes in Action	107	(1)
A Phonics Poetry Game	108	(1)
Phonics Fun Poetry!	109	(1)
Dot to Dot Scramble	110	(2)
Catch the Word!	112	(2)
Add It Up!	114	(2)
Three-Letter Word Strategy	116	(2)
Personal Alphabet Strips	118	(1)
Catalog Catch	119	(1)
Little Words in Big Words	120	(1)
Sight Words	121	(1)
Finding Common Words	122	(2)
Additional Activities for Learning Common Words	124	(1)
Innovation for The Snow	125	(2)
John Burningham
Minilessons for Guided Reading and Literature Discussion	127	(36)
Kidshop	128	(4)
Creating a T-Chart for Kidshop	132	(1)
Minilessons with Literature Discussion Groups	133	(1)
Profile of Reading Development/Fluent Reader	134	(2)
Profile of Reading Development/Emergent Reader	136	(1)
Literature Circle Poems	137	(1)
Discussion Starters and Stoppers	138	(1)
Stems to Start a Discussion	139	(1)
Memorable Moments	140	(1)
Justifying My Opinions	141	(1)
Making Connections	142	(1)
Pencils In!	143	(1)
Question It	144	(1)
Literature Circles with the Newspaper	145	(1)
News Article for the Overhead	146	(1)
Minilessons for Guided Reading	147	(1)
Matching Pictures and Text	148	(3)
Pictures Make a Big Difference	151	(2)
Cut-up Sentences and Mini Pocket Charts	153	(2)
Acetate Overlays	155	(2)
Trick Me!	157	(1)
Strategy Glove	158	(1)
Partner Retells	159	(2)
Prompts for Teachers to Support Reading Strategies	161	(2)
Independent Reading: Personalizing the Learning in Books I Choose Myself	163	(32)
Lots of Books, and Lots of Time!	165	(3)
Making Independent Reading the Best It Can Be	168	(2)
Independent Think Alouds	170	(3)
Choosing a Just-Right Book	173	(2)
Keeping a Genre Log	175	(2)
Genre Log	177	(1)
Book Reviews	178	(2)
Book Review Guidelines	180	(1)
Key Words to Summarize	181	(3)
Using Personal Literacy Frames	184	(2)
Pattern for Literacy Frame	186	(1)
Conducting Conferences During Independent Reading	187	(2)
Reading Conferences	189	(1)
Preparing for a Conference	190	(1)
Providing Feedback to Readers	191	(2)
Reading Record for Individual Conferences	193	(2)
Informational Text: Strategies for Success in All Content Areas	195	(32)
Using a Table of Contents	197	(2)
Word Sorts to Stimulate and Build Prior Knowledge	199	(4)
Word Sort Template	203	(1)
Expository Reading Strategies Bookmark	204	(2)
Getting the Most from Pictures	206	(2)
Cloze with Nonfiction	208	(2)
Table of Contents Predictions	210	(2)
Go for the Gold!	212	(2)
Go for the Gold! Strategy	214	(1)
Skim and Scan It Checklist	215	(1)
Map It Out Strategy	216	(1)
Dealing with Directions	217	(1)
Writing Your Own Directions	218	(1)
Gotcha!	219	(1)
Title It	220	(2)
Pick a Word (Inferential Reasoning)	222	(2)
The Third Time Around	224	(1)
Think and Read Poster	225	(2)
Writing: Collecting My Thoughts, Telling My Stories, Moving Forward as a Writer	227	(22)
Writing Self-Evaluation Chart	228	(2)
Note Writing and List Making	230	(3)
Parents as Partners in Reflection	233	(2)
The Punctuation Song	235	(1)
Revising with Scissors	236	(2)
Creating Interest with Words	238	(1)
Varying My Sentences	239	(2)
Peer Editing	241	(1)
Peer Editing Checklist	242	(1)
Personal Writing Record	243	(1)
Antonym Antics	244	(2)
Dealing with Tired Words	246	(1)
Managing Writers Workshop with a Planning Board	247	(2)
Bibliography	249