Introduction I. Getting Started Strategies Strategy 1. Planning a Lesson with Informational Text Strategy 2. Understanding and Evaluating Informational Texts Strategy 3. Assessing Text Complexity Strategy 4. Shared Reading and Text Feature Search II. Building Background Strategies Strategy 5. Anticipation Guide Strategy 6. KWHL: K = (What I Know), W = (What I Want to Know). H = (How I Will Find Out), L = (What I Learned) Strategy 7. KLEW: K = (What I Know), L = (What I Learned), E = (What Evidence Do I Have for My Learning?), W = (What Additional Questions or Wonderings Do I Have?) Strategy 8. Table of Contents Prediction Strategy 9. Imagine, Elaborate, Predict, and Confirm III. Vocabulary Strategies Strategy 10. Word Map Strategy 11. SLAP: S = (Say the word and write it here.), L = (Look for context clues. List them here.), A = (Ask myself what it means and write it here.), P = (Put the synonym in the sentence and write it here. Does it make sense? If not, start over with steps 3 and 4.) Strategy 12. Root Wheel Strategy 13. List-Group-Label Strategy 14. Word Sort Strategy 15. Semantic Feature Analysis IV. Reading Closely Strategies Strategy 16. Close Reading Strategy 17. Close Thinking Strategy 18. Text Annotation Strategy 19. Text Dependent Questions Strategy 20. Thinking Aloud Strategy 21. Sticky Notes Bookmark V. Comprehension Strategies Strategy 22. Study Guide Strategy 23. Four Box Comment Card Strategy 24. I Chart Strategy 25. CAATS: Creator, Assumptions, Audience/User, Time and Place, Significance Strategy 26. Text Structures Strategy 27. Interactive Notebook VI. Discussion Strategies Strategy 28. Discussion Web Strategy 29. 4-3-2-1 Discussion Strategy 30. Intra Act Strategy 31. Talking Points Strategy 32. Three Step Interview Strategy 33. 3 Minute Pause VII. Writing Strategies Strategy 34. Readers' Theatre Strategy 35. Paragraph Writing Frames Strategy 36. I Used to Think . . . but Now I Know . . . Strategy 37. Summary Writing Strategy 38. CLIQUES: CL, Claim; I, Introduction of Quotation; QU, Quotation; E, Explanation of Quotation; S, So What? Strategy 39. EPIC: E, Evidence; P, Patterns; I, Inquiry; C, Claims Strategy 40. Two Column Journal Appendix. Recommended Materials
