Strategy Purpose Procedure Classroom Purpose

Close Reading Opportunity for -Students read Reading for multiple

multiple reading i.e. selected texts by meanings
critical thinking, themselves Perspective
vocab lesson, -Second reading with Math
fluency, inferences teacher guidance for
a specific reason
Sprinting Exposure to different Teacher recites words Teacher recites words
types of writing and and students write and students write
creative writing. anything they think anything they think
Make connections of. of.
between ideas.
Writing from one Students get the May require students Writer’s Workshop
genre to another opportunity to use to write a narrative Social Studies
different types of using details for an
sources for specific informational source
types of writing or vise-versa.
(opinion, narrative,
opinion.)
Exposure to multiple
types of writing.
Reciprocal Buddy Comprehension You have a partner A This allows the
Reading and partner B. They students to discuss
have the same text with one another,
Can be close reading. recall information
that was read and
comprehend what the
text is saying.
Read Aloud Opportunity for Opportunity for ELA
students to be students to be Transitions
exposed to different exposed to different After Lunch or
types of genres types of genres Recess.
(fiction, non-fiction, (fiction, non-fiction,
narratives, narratives,
informational text, informational text,
etc.) Exposure to etc.) Exposure to
different levels of tier different levels of tier
vocabulary. vocabulary.
Shared reading Multiple purposes: All students have a ELA Block
fluency, accuracy, copy of the same
comprehension. reading. The reading
lower grades may is done as whole
focus more on group. May involve
fluency while upper model reading which
grade may focus can lead to choral
more on copraemia
 reading in the lower
grade.
Modeled writing Practice or learn Teacher responds to a Writer’s workshop.
Writing strategies. specific writing ELA block.
Responding to prompt while Responding to
specific writing thinking aloud. Then, specific writing
prompts. teacher writes ideas prompts.
and thought assuring
that students can
watch and hear the
process
Interactive writing Making the writing Each interactive Writing warm-up.
process visual to the writing lesson can Grammar
whole class. focus on a different ELA
part of the writing
Writing
process. For example,
in lower grades most
interactive writing
lesson tend to focus
on writing
conventions.
Guided reading Meet students’ Students are placed in ELA Block
individual needs, groups according to Reading content from
differentiation. their reading level. other content areas
opportunity for each teacher meets with such as social studies,
student to access one groups at a time science, and health.
texts at their reading to target a specific
level reading strategy.
while other groups
are working
independently in
other workstations.
Shared writing Improve independent The teacher and Writer’s workshops
writing. students compose text Engaging activities
together, with both Warm-ups
contributing thought
ELA Block.
and ideas to the
process, while the Writing about other
teacher acts like a subject areas such as
scribe, writing the social studies,
text as it is science, and health.
composed.
Reciprocal teaching Comprehension Dialogue between Writing and reading
teachers and students Social Studies
regarding segments Science
of text for the
Health
 purpose of
constructing meaning
of the text.
Questioning Comprehension Students create Reading
questions that help informational text
them know if they and literature.
make sense of the
Social Studies
reading.
Science

Predicting To engage the student Students use the text Reading

prior to reading and to help predict the ELA
during the reading. story/reading. Focus Science
To help build by using the title,
Math
comprehension as the text, and illustrations.
student reads. Social Science
Making Connections Helps students make Students think about Reading, Social
connections of the what they already Studies, Math,
text to life events. know. Relate the text Health, Science
to self, world.
Current reading
understandings. T-S,
T-T, T, W.
Literature Circles Helps students Each student has an ELA
engage in critical active role. Reading
thinking and Writing
reflection as they
read, discuss, and
respond to books.
Literacy circles are
helpful in the
classroom because it
allows the students to
take control of their
discussion of what
they are reading.
It also reaches to a lot
more students by
incorporating jobs for
the students.
Read Like a Writer A way for students to Reread a story, This allows students
engage in critical annotate the story, to understand why
thinking and think about the big nonfiction writers
reflection as they picture by examining write differently than
the overall structure, fiction authors. This
 read, discuss, and think smaller by allows the students to
respond to books. breaking down the look closely at the
story, scene by scene, headings,
look at the turning subheadings, and use
point, and identify the the context clues to
protagonist and see understand what they
how they are are reading.
different due to the
events in the story.
Graphic Organizers Comprehension Student use graphic ELA
Organize Ideas organizer to organize Social Studies
their ideas of a text. Science
Word Study Phonemic awareness Students have direct ELA
phonics instruction
based on their
individual level
Author’s Purpose Pre- Reading strategy Students analyze the ELA
to assist with type of book they will Science
comprehension reading. They decide Social Studies
the genre of a book to
understand the
author’s purpose,
which can improve
comprehension
throughout the first
read.
Summarize Comprehension Students capture the ELA
key events of a text to Science
summarize. Social Studies