it's all elementary: elementary literacy strategies in the secondary classroom

It’s All Elementary:Elementary Literacy Strategies in the

Secondary Classroom

Jennifer Smithers Marten

GT Coordinator/Online School Coordinator

Plymouth Joint School District

Plymouth, Wisconsin

But what about the boy (or girl) who

DOESN’T love words?

Literacy Skills

Print Awareness

Phonological Awareness

Phonics

Fluency

Vocabulary

Comprehension

Writing

VOCABULARY

Teaching Science VocabularyContent Vocabulary significantly increases the depth and complexity of text.

Vocabulary Strategies

• Concept Map• Concept Circle• Concept Sorts• 15 Vocabulary Strategies in 15 Minutes

– Frayer model– Graffiti– Making Meaning– Vocab Anchor– Vocab Cartoon– Vocab Frames

Think-Pair-Share

• Read through the strategies.

• Find a partner and brainstorm ways you could use 1-2 of these.

• Be prepared to share out.

10 Minute Timer

COMPREHENSION

Narrative Text

Informational Text

Narrative Text Strategies

• Double Entry Journal

• Two Word Strategy

• Sketch to Stretch

• Analogy Charting

• Character Charts

• Inner Voice

Informational Text Strategies

• 3 Minute Pause

• Discussion Web

• Pro-Con Scale

• Post-It Note Responses

• Opinion Proof Chart

• Semantic Feature Analysis

Brainstorm

What strategies have you used to increase content comprehension?

Which (if any) of these strategies do you want to try?

Give an example of how you might use the strategy.

WRITING

Writing Strategies

• Written Conversation

• RAFT

• Quick Writes

• S-O-S Summary

EXAMPLES FROM OUR HIGH SCHOOL

Great Depression

1960s

• The Times The Are A-Changing

• MVP

• Political Cartoons

• Jigsaw Activity

• Article Share

Perspective

Mentor Texts

Text-to-self

World connections

losses of war

memorial items

wounded veterans

gravestone rubbings

Text-to-self

World connections

racism

tolerance

bullying

perseverance

Fractured Fairytales

•Perspective

•Point of View

•Setting

BUILDING BRIDGES

How to make connections between the classics and today’s young adult readers

GRAPHIC NOVELS

Combining Once Upon a Time with Science

If You Could Ask One More Question…

Instructional Strategies Resource

Contact Info

• Twitter: @jenmarten

• Blog: teach from the heart

• Skype: jenmarten

• Websites: Feedback

Tech in the Classroom

• Linkedin: jenmarten

• Email: jmarten@tds.net