Reading

=Learning Activity Types= toc Some of this information is based on the work by Judi Harris and Mark Hofer in regards to TPACK. It is the hope that teachers will refer to these tables suggesting some technology tools when planning learning activities for their students.

Pre-Reading
Knowledge || Students name the letters of the alphabet and recognize the letter symbols in print || [|Read*Write*Think], [|Gamequarium], Apps – early years || Awareness || Students hear, identify and manipulate sounds in words || [|Read*Write*Think], Apps – early years || Skills || Students learn the connections between letter patterns and the sounds they represent || Smartboard, [|Read*Write*Think], Apps – early years || Vocabulary || Students are introduced to and learn unfamiliar key words before they read || Smartboard, [|Read*Write*Think], Apps – early years || Knowledge || Students think about what they already know about the topic prior to reading || Microsoft Word, Google Docs, Mindmapping, Smartboard, Student Response Clickers, Polls and Surveys || **During Reading** designated period of time (10-30 minutes) || ebooks, podcast, [|BookFlix] thru LearnAlberta ||
 * **I would like my students to….** || **Description of Activity Type** || **We can use….** ||
 * Develop Alphabetic
 * Develop Phonemic
 * Develop Decoding
 * Introduce
 * Activate Prior
 * Make Predictions || Students make predictions about text that will be read || Microsoft Word, Google Docs, Smartboard, Student Response Clickers, Polls and Surveys ||
 * ** I would like my students to…. ** || **Description of Activity Type** || ** We can use…. ** ||
 * Read Aloud || Students actively listen to an oral reading of a book || [|Storyline Online], [|Bookflix] thru LearnAlberta, [|Tumblebooks] with Library Card, Podcast, Apps – early years ||
 * Think Aloud || Students say out loud what they are thinking while reading || E-books, [|Bookflix] thru LearnAlberta, T[|umblebooks] with Library Card, [|Animoto Edu], Windows MovieMaker ||
 * Guided Reading || Students learn how to think about text by reading in small groups, engaging in discussion, and completing a mini-lesson/learning activity || E-books, [|BookFlix] thru LearnAlberta, [|Tumblebooks] with Library Card, [|WiggleWorks], T[|eachingBooks] thru LearnAlberta, Apps – early years ||
 * Directed Listening/Thinking Activity || Students predict and respond to a story while the teacher reads || [|BookFlix] thru LearnAlberta, E-books, Podcast, Student Response Clickers, [|ThinkingBooks] thru LearnAlberta, Polls and Surveys ||
 * Directed Reading/Thinking Activity || Students make predictions about a story and then read to confirm or reject their predictions || [|BookFlix] thru LearnAlberta, E-books, Podcast, Student Response Clickers, [|ThinkingBooks] thru LearnAlberta, Polls and Surveys ||
 * Discussion || Students discuss text being read with the teacher, other students or another individual || Blogs, wikis, online discussion groups ||
 * Whole Class Literature Study || Students participate in a literature study that includes reading aloud/along, whole-class/small group discussions, and whole-class mini-lessons || [|BookFlix] thru LearnAlberta, E-books, Podcast, [|ThinkingBooks] thru LearnAlberta ||
 * Literature Circles || Students choose their own books, form small-groups and meet regularly to read and discuss the books || [|BookFlix] thru LearnAlberta, E-books, Podcast, [|ThinkingBooks] thru LearnAlberta ||
 * Reader’s Workshop || Students participate in mini lessons to teach reading strategies, spend time reading independently, and then meet to share, discuss and reflect || [|BookFlix] thru LearnAlberta, ebooks, blogs, wikis, online discussion groups, podcast ||
 * Book Clubs || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Students read books, take part in peer-led discussions, and participate in a community sharing session || [|BookFlix] thru LearnAlberta, ebooks, blogs, wikis, online discussion groups, podcast, [|ThinkingBooks] thru LearnAlberta ||
 * Sustained Silent Reading || Students read silently for a
 * Independent Reading || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Students make their own book choices, set independent reading goals and read for extended period of time || ebooks, podcast, [|BookFlix] thru LearnAlberta, [|ThinkingBooks] thru LearnAlberta ||

**Post Reading** creation software, multimedia software. comic creation software, interactive whiteboard || podcast, [|Read•Write•Think], video sharing sites ||
 * **I would like my students to….** || **Description of Activity Type** || **We can use….** ||
 * Summarizing || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">Students summarize or paraphrase the major points of a story after <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; line-height: 14px;">reading it || Timeliner XE, [|Read•Write•Think], video creation software, podcast, comic creation software, video sharing site ||
 * Retelling || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Students tell what they remember about a story || Timeliner XE, drawing software, video creation software, podcast, comic creation software, [|Read*Write*Think] ||
 * Sharing || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Students share information with others about books they have read or heard || Video creation software, podcast, video sharing sites ||
 * Visualizing || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Students use images and visual imagery to recall what they remember about a story || Drawing software, word processing, image editor, digital photography, [|Read•Write•Think], comic creation software, interactive whiteboard ||
 * Discussing || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Students discuss favorite parts or elements of a story || Blogs, wikis, online discussion group ||
 * Drawing Conclusions || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Students use written or visual clues to figure out something that is not directly stated in the reading || Word processing, educational simulation software (e.g., Decisions, Decisions), video
 * Evaluating || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Students form opinions, make judgments, and develop ideas after reading || [|Read•Write•Think], word processing, multimedia software, Student Response Clickers, Polls and Surveys ||
 * Quizzing/Testing || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Students take a quiz or test about a story or a selection of text they read || Integrated learning system (e.g., Accelerated Reader), Student Response Clickers, Polls and Surveys ||
 * Creating Projects/Artifacts || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Students create a project or artifact as a culminating activity that illustrates what they have learned || comic and/or video creation software, drawing software, multimedia software, iPhoto,

Vocabulary
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">phonological and morphological patterns || [|Read•Write•Think], educational software, drawing software, interactive whiteboard || whiteboard || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">combine to form sentences || [|Read•Write•Think], word processing, educational software, interactive whiteboard ||
 * **I would like my students to….** || **Description of Activity Type** || **We can use….** ||
 * Vocabulary Awareness || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Students increase their knowledge of words by building sight vocabulary and understanding
 * Vocabulary Analysis || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Students build and sort words to study their patterns || Word processing, educational software, [|Read•Write•Think], drawing software, interactive
 * Vocabulary Use || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Students study how words

Comprehension
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">ideas || Concept mapping software, interactive whiteboard, Apps – early years, Apps – middle years || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">response to the action in the form of another event || e-books, concept mapping software, educational software, interactive whiteboard, Apps – early years, Apps – middle years || whiteboard, Apps – early years, Apps – middle years || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">clarifying and predicting to bring meaning to text || e-books, voice recording, video creation software || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">comprehension while reading by developing questions to ask the <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">teacher after reading a selection || e-books, voice recording, word processing || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">asked (i.e., Right there, Think and search, Author and you, On my own) || e-books, online newspapers/magazines, Apps – early years, Apps – middle years || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">with a student to discuss and sharing their thinking with rest of class || e-books, online newspapers/magazines, Web sites, Apps – early years, Apps – middle years || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">found out, 2 interesting things, and 1 question they still have || Word processing software, spreadsheet software, concept mapping software ||
 * **I would like my students to….** || **Description of Activity Type** || **We can use….** ||
 * Cloze Technique || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Students insert words that have been omitted as they read to complete and construct meaning from text || Cloze software, online “Mad Libs,” word processing, interactive whiteboard, Apps – early years, Apps – middle years ||
 * Semantic Feature Analysis || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Students use a grid to explore the similarities and differences among events, people, objects or ideas || Spreadsheet software, word processing (tables), interactive whiteboard, Apps – early years, Apps – middle years ||
 * Graphic Organizers || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Students use visual and graphic organizers that illustrate relationships among facts, terms or
 * Cause and Effect || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Students identify how an action or event will produce a certain
 * Compare and Contrast || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Students identify how things are alike and different || e-books, concept mapping software, educational software, [|Read•Write•Think], interactive
 * Inferences || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Students use clues to learn more about the story and make a conclusion or judgment based on that information || e-books, educational software, interactive whiteboard, Apps – early years, Apps – middle years ||
 * Story Pyramid || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Students summarize a story by building a pyramid of information (e.g., describe main character, setting, state the problem) || e-books, concept mapping software, word processor, Apps – early years, Apps – middle years ||
 * Picture Walk || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Teacher guides students through text by looking at and discussing the pictures before reading || Multimedia software, iPhoto, interactive whiteboard, Apps – early years, Apps – middle years ||
 * SQ3R || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Students use a 5-step reading strategy (i.e., survey, question, read, recite, review) to formulate a purpose for reading || e-books, word processor ||
 * Reciprocal Teaching || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Students and teacher participate in dialogue structured by summarizing, question generating,
 * Reciprocal Questioning || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Students analyze their
 * Point-of-View || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Students identify the author’s point of view and purpose || e-books, educational software, digital photography, Apps – early years, Apps – middle years ||
 * Question-Answer-Relationships (QAR) || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Students search for answers based upon the type of question that was
 * Think-Pair-Share || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Students talk about the content they are reading by thinking about a question or prompt, pairing up
 * Story Map || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Students identify and map the basic elements of a story (i.e., setting, characters, problem/conflict, point of view, resolution) || Concept mapping software, [|Read•Write•Think], interactive whiteboard, Apps – early years, __Apps__ – middle years   ||
 * 3-2-1 Chart || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">Students summarize and rethink key ideas by listing: 3 things they

Fluency
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">with an audience by asking specific questions || Voice recording, podcast || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">performance of a speech or piece of poetry in public || Voice recording, video sharing Web sites || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">or story for an audience || Video recording, digital storytelling, video sharing sites, podcast || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">embellishment || Digital storytelling, video creation software, voice recording, Apps || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">discussion by debating both sides of an issue/proposition || Video recording, podcast ||
 * **I would like my students to….** || **Description of Activity Type** || **We can use….** ||
 * Model Fluent Reading || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Students listen to readers who read words fluently and automatically || Voice recording, podcast, video creation software, video sharing sites, educational software, [|Storyline Online], [|BookFlix] thru LearnAlberta ||
 * Choral Reading || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Students read aloud as an entire group in unison || Voice recording, podcast ||
 * Paired Reading || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Student and a fluent reader read text together || Voice recording, podcast, educational software ||
 * Repeated Reading || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Student reads the text aloud with a fluent reader, then rereads the text alone || Voice recording, podcast ||
 * Reader’s Theatre || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Students perform an oral reading with an audience present using a script || Voice recording, video recording, podcast ||
 * Radio Reading || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Student reads aloud a selection of text and then initiates a discussion
 * Recitation || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Students present a spoken
 * Drama || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Students perform, usually by memorization, a play
 * Storytelling || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Students tell stories or narratives often by improvisation or
 * Debate || <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Students hold a structured

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