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What Strategies Can You Use to Make the Thinking Job Visible?
Tech Tools for During Reading
• Coggle at https://coggle .it—a digital mind-mapping tool so students can see the big picture of the content from the informational text • Confer app at https://edshelf .com/tool/confer—an app that keeps conference notes and anecdotal records for teachers’ documentation while reading with students • Inspiration at https://inspiration-at .com/inspiration—a site whose strongest feature is its ready-made templates for graphic organizers . In addition, any language included can be read aloud with text-to-speech technology and users can add links to web-based articles and videos as supporting materials . • Level It Books app at https://levelitbooks .com—an app for finding reading levels fast and digitally managing your library of books • Record of Reading app at https://apps .apple .com/us/ app/record-of-reading/id543574721—an app designed for the iPad for running records • MindMeister at www .mindmeister .com—a digital mind-mapping tool so students can see the big picture of the content from the informational text • Newsela at https://newsela .com—a site that publishes current event articles each day on a variety of topics pertaining to most school subjects . Every article has five different reading levels and corresponding quizzes . • Rewordify at https://rewordify .com—a digital tool that simplifies vocabulary, making text more assessable to struggling readers (built-in text-to-speech functionality is also available) . In addition, difficult vocabulary is collected in a series of flash cards . • Snap&Read Universal at https://snapandread .com—a Google Chrome extension that reads language aloud using integrated text-to-speech with synchronized highlighting
What Strategies Can You Use to Make the Thinking Job Visible?
This is the first during-reading big planning action that is still focused on the first element on the literacy triangle (read). This section deals with the strategies students use during reading. A teacher can’t know what’s in students’ heads unless the students find a way to communicate their thinking. The high-impact strategies included here allow students to do that, which in turn helps the teacher make changes in instruction to further support the students.
