More Than 100 Ways to Learner-Centered Literacy

by Laura Lipton

• ISBN13: 9781412957830
• ISBN10: 1412957834
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-09-12
• Publisher: Corwin Pr

Summary

This updated edition of More Than 50 Ways to Learner-Centered Literacy provides a user-friendly collection of methods and strategies for delivering effective literacy instruction. The authors include more than 100 practical techniques that are grounded in a constructivist, learner-centered approach; provide a new section with tips for literacy coaches; and demonstrate how to develop

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. x
About the Authors	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Designing a Literate Environment	p. 11
Learning Language by Using It	p. 13
Labels, Labels Everywhere	p. 14
Where in the Room Is It?	p. 15
Wordstrings	p. 16
String'Em Up	p. 18
Hang-Ups	p. 19
Shoe Bag Classification	p. 20
Word Ribbons	p. 22
Class Mailbox	p. 23
Message Center	p. 24
Personal Word Banks	p. 25
Building on Students'Experiences	p. 27
Classroom Libraries	p. 28
Mainly Menus	p. 29
Taking Off With Advertising Flyers	p. 31
Weekly Words	p. 32
The Living Bulletin Board	p. 33
Establishing Literacy Workstations	p. 35
Workstation Rules	p. 36
The Key to Knowledge	p. 37
Housekeeping	p. 38
Introducing the Writing Workstation	p. 39
Orchestrating Student Interaction	p. 41
Buddy Studies: Learning in Pairs	p. 43
Turn to Your Neighbor and…	p. 44
Level-of-Learning Reading Partners	p. 45
Learning Partners	p. 46
Paired Verbal Fluency	p. 48
Learning-Partner Biographies	p. 49
Summary Pairs	p. 49
The King and Queen of Questions	p. 50
Structuring Small Groups	p. 52
Story Map Trios	p. 53
Get the Point	p. 54
Peer Revision: Learning Together	p. 55
Peer Editing: Sharing Glows and Grows	p. 56
Reading Conference: Flexible Student Grouping	p. 58
Establishing the Climate	p. 59
Student Preparation	p. 60
Temperature Checking	p. 61
Developing the Format	p. 62
Flexible Groupings	p. 63
Working One on One	p. 65
Developing Fluent Comprehension	p. 67
Developing Skills by Increasing Fluency	p. 71
Choosing and Using Predictable Text	p. 72
Innovations on Text	p. 73
Toot! Toot!	p. 74
Radio Reading	p. 76
Say It Like the Character	p. 77
Reader's Theater	p. 78
Partners Predict	p. 80
Opin	p. 81
Word Splash	p. 82
Say Something	p. 83
Extending the Reading Experience	p. 85
Figures of Speech	p. 86
Create a Comic	p. 87
Finding Common Ground	p. 88
Integrating Instruction	p. 90
Student-Selected Theme Topics	p. 91
Civic Projects	p. 92
Imagine If You Were…	p. 94
Nurturing Lifelong Learners	p. 97
Routines for Reading to, With, and by Children	p. 99
Read Alouds	p. 100
Familiarity Breeds Confidence: Shared Reading	p. 101
We Are Readers: A Class Record	p. 102
Sustained Silent Reading	p. 104
Guided Reading	p. 105
Writing Centers: Reading/Writing Connection	p. 107
Readers' and Writers' Workshops	p. 108
Purposeful Tasks	p. 109
Published and Unpublished Work	p. 110
Paths to Publication	p. 111
Building a Community of Learners	p. 113
Literature Clubs	p. 114
Join the Chorus	p. 116
Mine, Yours, and Ours	p. 117
Writing Autobiographies	p. 118
Assessing Student Growth	p. 121
Kid-Watching in the Classroom	p. 124
Anecdotal Records	p. 125
A Nifty Notebook	p. 126
Sticky Helpers	p. 127
Individual Student Checklists	p. 128
Class Checklists	p. 129
Historical Checklists	p. 131
Interviews	p. 132
Open-Ended Questions	p. 133
Student Portfolios	p. 135
Crate'Em Up	p. 136
Bulky Bundles	p. 137
Portfolio Contents	p. 138
Portfolio-Prompted Planning	p. 139
Entry Slips	p. 140
Autobiographies of Work	p. 142
Biographies of Work	p. 143
Exhibitions and Performance Tasks	p. 145
Building In Authenticity	p. 146
Anchors and Archetypes	p. 149
Developing a Rubric	p. 150
Exciting Exhibitions	p. 153
Leading Learning-Focused Conversations: Strategies for Professional Development	p. 155
Crafting the Container: Starting, Structuring, and Sustaining Thinking	p. 159
Simple Stem Completions	p. 160
T-Chart Opposites	p. 160
3-2-1	p. 161
Mindful Memorandum	p. 162
Brainstorm and Pass	p. 164
Problem-Solving Partnerships	p. 165
Going Graphic	p. 166
Learning-Focused Consultation	p. 167
An Idea Menu	p. 168
Make Your Thinking Transparent	p. 169
Patterned Response: What, Why, How	p. 169
The Big Idea	p. 170
Categorically Speaking	p. 171
Sharing Causal Theories	p. 172
Inviting Thinking: A Sampler of Questions for Literacy Coaching	p. 173
Questions for Planning	p. 175
Questions for Reflecting	p. 176
Questions to Stimulate Discussion	p. 177
Metaphor and Invention	p. 178
References and Further Readings	p. 179
Index	p. 183
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