Classroom+Collaboration

& Kasey Crothers – Science || Jigsaw strategy provides students an opportunity to actively help each other build comprehension. Use this technique to assign students to reading groups composed of varying skill levels. Each group member is responsible for becoming an "expert" on one section of the assigned material and then "teaching" it to the other members of the team. ||  ||
 * ** Literacy Activity ** || ** Teacher & **
 * Content ** || ** Activity Description ** || ** Samples & Attachments ** ||
 * Literature Circles || Bob Spear – English
 * Writing RAFT || Dave Wood - History ||= The acronym **RAFT** stands for role, audience, form, topic (or time). S tudents take what they have read and create a new product that illustrates their depth of understanding; it may be used with fiction or nonfiction texts. || [[file:RAFT_11th_academic.doc]] ||
 * Photostory || Janee Peterson ||<  Photostory is an application that makes movies out of still pictures, audio, and text. When students create their own digital narratives, they engage in the comprehension process and interpret their meaning through the use of images, narration, music, and text.     || ||
 * Rating your Comprehension || Dave Wood || || ||
 * < Say Something ||< Jessica Verguld-Scott - English

Dave Wood - History Paul Wright - History ||< Say Something is a simple reading strategy where student collaborate with a partner and respond in various ways about their reading.

Say Something is useful if you are reading a long or difficult read aloud or silently in class. If you want to make sure your students are paying attention, telling them they will be responding periodically will keep them focused. It requires everyone to participate and teachers can get a sense of true student understanding.

Alternatives - Stop and Jot - students write down their thinking - Sketch to Stretch - Students draw an image ||<  Guidelines for Say Something 1. With your partner, decide who will say something first.

2. When you say somehting, do one or more of the following: make predictions, ask a questions, clarify something you had, make a comment, make a connection.

3. If you can't do one of those five things,they you need to reread. ||
 * Independent Reading || Academic 9th, 10th, 11th grade English & History Classes || || ||