Burlington Public Library MA

The big book of literacy tasks, grades K-8, 75 balanced literacy activities students do (not you!), Nancy Akhavan

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

The big book of literacy tasks, grades K-8

bibliography

1014063484

Nancy Akhavan

75 balanced literacy activities students do (not you!)

"A compendium of reading and writing tasks that virtually all teachers have students do, with the value-add of expert scaffolding tips that ensure students are doing the work--not the teacher. Based on research on coherence by Elmore and others at Harvard. Perfect for balanced literary classrooms whether workshop centered or literature based"--, Provided by publisher

A new spin on who, what, why, when and where -- Making predictions to help comprehension -- Journal writing after reading -- Make a connection to the world when reading a text independently -- Quoting an important idea in a nonfiction text -- Name character motives and actions -- Name rising plot -- Name plot resolution -- Tell the text -- Dig deeper into the text -- Guided comprehension talks -- Elaborate and clarify meaning -- Setting routines for independent reading -- Fixing up when attention wanders -- Communicating your heads-up ball approach -- Answering a text-dependent question -- Tell why (you think, believe, remember, know) with why messages -- Make a bold statement about a text -- Extend thinking when discussing a text -- One-liners for nonfiction texts -- Crystal ball predictions -- Yesterday's news -- Annotate text -- Sentence strip statements -- Write questions about reading -- Super cool three steps to describe an experience -- Getting kids to write: wonderful concentration -- Sketch to write -- Getting help from another writer: write dialogue in narratives and quotes in reports -- Getting help from another writer: write a hook -- The right amount of details, the right amount of clarity -- Thinking small to write well -- Writing a jot about what was read -- Works too long and never gets any writing done -- Dialogue journals -- Analyze for author's purpose with a text that is a little too hard for students to read on their own -- Create a structured outline of a text -- Collecting research and organizing notes for writing -- Plot summary snapshots -- Writing information in a new format -- Stay on point in writing -- Productive use of the author's chair -- Write a short research report -- Write an all about text -- Your students have voice: writing an opinion text -- Arguing the solution to a problematic situation -- Writing the recipe for success: how-to texts -- Writing explanations, be like an encyclopedia -- Inquiry for smart minds -- Responding to literature with some kick to it -- Identify theme in a complex text -- Posing questions for easier inquiry -- Writing a fable or myth -- Writing a fairy tale -- Justifying an answer with a claim and evidence -- Use known info to help others learn new info -- Connecting ideas between texts -- Identifying real facts from made-up facts: fallacious reasoning -- Brainstorming multiple valid answers/responses -- Concept mapping between big ideas -- Make me ponder: questions that get the thinking juices flowing -- Writing compare and contrast response to literature -- Peer-to-peer analysis and response -- Critique a functional document or text -- Visible and visual: use known concepts and vocabulary to understand a text -- Summarize a text that is a little too hard for students to read on their own -- Student think-alouds -- Separate central idea from a big idea -- Writing in different genres or multimedia to engage and persuade -- Creative debate -- I am a reader -- I am a writer -- Look up -- Goodbye, perfect teacher -- Teacher and learner