Reading and Writing: 

Improving Instruction for Improved Learning

Dr. Pam Petty
Associate Professor of Literacy
Western Kentucky University
pam@pampetty.com

Kandy Smith

University of Tennessee
ksmith90@utk.edu

http://www.pampetty.com

Professional Development - Columbia, KY - Adair County

Best Practices in Literacy Instruction

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Pre-Reading

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During Reading

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Post Reading

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Making Sense of Pre/During/Post: 
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr2befor.htm

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Koala Lou - Mem Fox

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http://www.pampetty.com/koalalou.htm (on-line unit of study built
around 4-Blocks Framework for Literacy Instruction and including:

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vocabulary development

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pre-reading

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working with words

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Directed Reading Thinking Activity

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during reading

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post reading

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Writing

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Self-Selected Reading

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Olivia - Ian Falconer

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http://www.pampetty.com/olivia.htm (WebQuest including pre/during/
and post reading)
 

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The Polar Express - Chris van Allsburg

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http://www.pampetty.com/polarexpress.htm (WebQuest including vocabulary,
pre/during/and post reading)

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http://www.flashcardexchange.com
 

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http://cela.albany.edu/reports/Agee2/index.html
Theory, Identity, and Practice: A Study of Two High School English Teachers' Literature Instruction

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http://www.sedl.org/reading/rad/searchtips.html
Reading Assessment Database for Grades K-1-2

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http://www.indiana.edu/~reading/ieo/bibs/graphsec.html
Graphic Organizers in Secondary Schools

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http://www.utexas.edu/student/utlc/handouts/1414.html
Bloom’s Taxonomy Model Questions and Key Words

Word Recognition Strategies:

         Strategies for Phonemic Awareness

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Read/Write/Sing Lesson Ideas:  http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/read_write_sing_lesson_ideas.html

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Bank Street:  http://www.bankstreet.edu/literacyguide/main.html

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Phonemic Awareness Activities for the Classroom:  http://208.183.128.8/read/Phonemic.htm

         Strategies for Phonics Instruction

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Word Play:  http://208.183.128.8/read/words.html

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Games: 
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Spill and Spell

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Smart Mouth

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Take Four

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Leveled Readers and easy decodables:  http://www.readinga-z.com/newfiles/preview.html
(30 free)

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50 Way to Improve Reading

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Enchanted Learning (word games and poems):  http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Rhymes.html

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Word Plays:  http://www.wordplays.com/

Readability Levels

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Cloze - Nickel and Dimed hands-on experience
The Cloze Procedure and other readability formulas.  This includes the directions for the one we
did on Friday – the passage from Nickel and Dimed

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Fry -

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IRI - One-pager for administering an IRI:  http://www.pampetty.com/irihowto.htm

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Lexiles - http://www.lexile.com/EntrancePageFlash.html?1

Literature for Learning

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Kindergarten Book Units (9 in all):  http://www.mrsbonthuisclass.com/Book%20Units.htm

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Quality picture books used for writing, math, science, art, and group activities perfect for emergent readers. 

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Create your own Scenario:  http://www.kids-space.org/HPT/1a/11a.html

Text Tapping (click here for PPT)

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"Text Tapping" and other strategies for reading and writing connections:  http://www.esu13.org/soar/reading/Comprehension/page2.html

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Strategies for using classical and noted literature as models for student writing. 

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Love that Dog - Sharon Creech

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If I Were in Charge of the World - Judith Viorst

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Using images as prompts for writing:  http://today.iwon.com/user.html

1:00 - 2:00:   Content Area Reading:  Textbook Strategies (click here for PPT)

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http://www.teflweb-j.org/v1n1/garinger.html
Textbook Evaluation

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http://www.addchoices.com/reading_text.htm
Reading Textbooks

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http://alex.edfac.usyd.edu.au/Year1/cases/Case%2014/Expert_teacher's_use_of_te.html
An Expert Teacher’s Use of Textbooks in the Classroom

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http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/Counseling/LAC/studyskiTextbook.html
Helpful Hints on Reading Textbooks

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http://www.edletter.org/past/issues/1999-ja/secondary.shtml
What Secondary Teachers Can Do To Teach Reading

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http://www.englishcompanion.com/illuminating/readingtextbooks.html
This is the site with the Cornell Notes, Q notes, and reporter notes printouts
Also – a great student textbook evaluation form

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http://www.englishcompanion.com/illuminating/readingtextbooks.html
Homework Help – Study Skills – Reading Textbooks

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http://www.greatsource.com/rehand/6-8/210.html
Website for Reader’s Handbook

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http://www.how-to-study.com/pqr.htm
A Strategy for Reading Textbook

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http://www.nhti.edu/lacc/laccreadinglearning.htm
Reading and Learning from Textbooks

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http://www.sarasota.k12.fl.us/sarasota/interdiscrdg.htm
Reading Strategies that Assist Content Area Reading

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http://www.sedl.org/reading/rad/searchtips.html
Reading Assessment Database for Grades K-1-2

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Vocabulary Instruction  

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13 pages of the Mystery Word Match that we viewed:  http://www.teachers.net/4blocks/ella_mystery_word_match.pdf

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Wacky World of Words:  http://www3.telus.net/teachwell/ 

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Frayer Method:  http://www.longwood.edu/staff/jonescd/projects/educ530/aboxley/graphicorg/fraym.htm

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Sponge Vocabulary Ideas: http://coe.sdsu.edu/people/jmora/MoraModules/vocabularydev.htm

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Flashcard Exchange:  http://www.flashcardexchange.com 

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http://www.tampareads.com/vocabulary/4thgrade/introduction4.htm

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Playing with Words - Margie Golick

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The Play of Words - Richard Lederer

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http://www.texasreading.org/utcrla/materials/secondary_vocabulary_se.asp
great 230 page document with vocabulary instruction ideas for secondary students – current

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http://www.biopoint.com/maine/teaching1.htm
2010 Vocabulary Odyssey

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http://coe.fgcu.edu/faculty/ray/red/jrfla.htm
Great site from Florida – phonics, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension

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http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/subject/vocab_acquisition.phtml
Helping Students Learn Vocabulary-Acquisition Skills

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http://litsite.alaska.edu/uaa/workbooks/readingvocabulary.html
Four Vocabulary Strategies for High School Students

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http://www.readingonline.org/articles/curtis/
Teaching Vocabulary to Adolescents to Improve Comprehension

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http://www.writingproject.org/pub/nwpr/quarterly/Q2002no3/simmons.html
Visualizing Vocabulary

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http://teacher.scholastic.com/reading/bestpractices/vocabulary.htm
Teaching Vocabulary

Fluency Instruction 

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Interactive Read Alouds

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Meanwhile Back at the Ranch - Trinka Hakes Noble  (repetitive refrain)

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McCracken (Bob and Marlene) Educational Materials:  "The Old Woman and Her Pig" http://www.authorama.com/english-fairy-tales-6.html

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Robert and Marlene McCracken's Stories, Songs and Poetry to Teach Reading and Writing Literacy through Language
(Peguis, 1987 ISBN 0-920541-35-6) is far from new, but it has some wonderful techniques for helping readers interact with text.

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http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/elec_index.asp?HREF=/electronic/webwatch/picturebooks/index.html
 

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Readers Theater:  http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/

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Guess What?  (riddle poems):  http://members.aol.com/Eleehart/guesswhat.html

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Giggle Poetry:  http://www.gigglepoetry.com/

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Falling Up - Shel Silverstein

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Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices - Paul Fleischman

Bibliography

Literacy in the Secondary English Classroom : Strategies for Teaching the Way Kids Learn
by Lynn Langer Meeks, Carol Jewkes Austin
 
The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of All Learners
by Carol Ann Tomlinson
 
Words Their Way: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction
by Donald R. Bear (Author), Marcia Invernizzi, Shane Templeton, Francine Johnston

ISBN: 0-13-183813-X
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2004
Format: Paper; 120 pp
Published: 06/09/2003
 

 

Informal Reading Inventory : Preprimer to Twelfth Grade
by Paul C. Burns and Betty D. Roe
Paperback 5th Sprl edition (October 1998)
Houghton Mifflin College; ISBN: 0395903467
Literature-Based Reading Activities
by Ruth Helen Yopp, Hallie Kay Yopp

 Paperback - 160 pages 3rd edition (August 23, 2000)
Allyn & Bacon; ISBN: 0205319637
Valmont, W. (2003). Technology for Literacy Teaching and Learning. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company.

Format:
Textbook Paperback, 1st ed.
ISBN: 0618068554
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Pub. Date: April  2002

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