Using Possible Selves to Facilitate Student Literacy Achievement
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Posted on: February 20, 2018
Through helping students define their possible selves, show them how becoming an expert reader can help them achieve their life goals.
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Posted on: February 20, 2018
Student Generation of Higher-Order Questions
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Posted on: January 9, 2018
Generating higher-order questions about text benefits students reading comprehension and critical thinking skills. Model this skill for students and provide practice and feedback.
Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy Anchor Chart
This anchor chart (Vanderbilt University Teaching Center, 2016) illustrates and describes the levels of the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy (Anderson & Kratwohl, 2010). Both students and teachers can use this resource.
Important Elements of Literary Texts Anchor Chart
Students may use this anchor chart to formulate questions about important elements of literary texts.
Why is it Important to Ask Good Questions? (Anchor Chart)
This anchor chart provides examples of students’ responses when asked to consider how they will use question generation inside and outside of the classroom.
Student Classification of Questions: A First Step in Question Generation
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Posted on: December 12, 2017
Teach students to classify questions about a text as higher-order or lower-order questions before generating their own questions.
Higher-order Questions Checklist
Students can use this checklist to classify and generate higher-order questions about a text. These types of questions require analyzing or evaluating the text or creating something new.
Explicit Vocabulary Instruction Template
Guide your thinking, organize your decisions, and create active practice activities related to explicit vocabulary instruction. This resource is divided into the five major aspects of explicit vocabulary instruction and includes guiding questions to ground your planning in evidence-based practices.
Setting Goals, Facilitating Professional Development, and Measuring Success Toward Small-Group, Skills-Based Literacy Instruction Implementation
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Posted on: October 3, 2017
Small-group, skills-based literacy instruction is at the forefront of goal setting, feedback given to teachers, professional development, and measuring of success for the Sioux City Community School District as described in our second of a two-part blog post series.
Critical Elements of Implementing Small-Group, Skills-Based Instruction
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Posted on: September 19, 2017
The addition of quality teaching materials and support from the Iowa Reading Research Center led to common beneficial practices used by teachers across schools during implementation of small-group, skills-based literacy instruction at Sioux City Community School District.