PD: 12/10/2015 Literacy and numeracy

Literacy building activities:

Glossaries: create a list of words relevant to topic. Students must write down their prediction
of what it means. Students must then find the dictionary definition.
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For a more advanced glossary, students can find synonyms.

Paragraphing: students can build paragraphs using a variety of techniques.

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TEEL: topic sentence, example, explanation, link.

Think/pair/create:
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Students make their own list of ideas about a topic.

Students pair with their peers to combine their list of ideas.
Students then use this list to assist them with their project.

Guided reading:
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Look at cover what do you think this is about?

Read blurb.
Look at date, author, context.
Discuss chapter titles, etc. Summaries of chapters.

Teachers must use all four of these in their classroom for the next four weeks to improve
literacy.