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Sparta Schools Content Literacy Wiki

"The continual process of constructing meaning through reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing for the purpose of retaining and transferring knowledge."

Reading to Learn Strategies

Writing To Learn Strategies

Written Conversation

Quick Writes and Writing Breaks

Cornell Notes

Blogging

Admit Slips and Exit Slips

Out of District Literacy Resources

http://literacytoolkit.org/

www.curriculumcrafter.org

password: teachers

http://www.littletonpublicschools.net/Default.aspx?tabid=6984

http://www.teachersdomain.org/special/adlit/ - These self-paced classroom lessons are designed to enhance the literacy skills of struggling readers in grades 5–8. Each uses videos, interactive activities, note-taking, reading, and writing to present students with an engaging science or history topic. Free Sign-up plus hundreds of other resources (video, activities, lessons, projects) for all subjects.

Story Bird Story Maker - great website to encourage writing in a fun way, this can easily be applied to multiple content areas.

Thinking Maps
http://www.mapthemind.com/thinkingmaps/thinkingmaps.html
http://www.thinkingmaps.com/

http://classroom.kleinisd.net/webs/metzler/templates_for_students.htm

Gradual Release Model

Gradual Release Model

Productive Group Activities

Videos Emphasizing Teamwork

Marzano and Other Vocabulary Resources

Marzano

Quizlet - Online Tool to Learn Vocabulary

Content Literacy Resources

There are several ways to access resources for the transparent and transportable strategies:

1. Content Literacy PB Wiki; can be accessed from any internet connection but you need to have a user name and password.

http://contentlit.pbworks.com/w/page/16421555/FrontPage

Username: spartateacher

Password: spartateacher

Then use the tabs on the right-side of the page to find the appropriate resource.

2. Using the u-drive of the Sparta Schools Intranet; very reliable but only available when using a district computer. Go to Computer>U:drive>Content Literacy then select appropriate folder.

3. Google Docs; can be accessed from any internet connection, can easily save and edit to your own files but you need to be invited and you need to have a g-mail account.

http://docs.google.com

Content Literacy Professional Development and Feedback

Once you have tried these strategies use the the resources below to share with others. Sharing will be a key to our success of growing Sparta Schools capacity to integrate the strategies k-12. We are looking for stories of success and failure, links to internet web sources, and videos of you in action. Post Away!

http://spartaschoolsliteracy.blogspot.com/2011/02/professional-growth-through-sharing.html