Developing Strategic Readers and Writers

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Developing Strategic Readers and Writers

• A Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation By Kelly
  Lynch
• Reading Practices in the Classroom
• Professor Hanfu Mi

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Are there differences between how more and less
capable readers and writers use strategies?
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Characteristics of Good Readers

• Fluent both orally and silently
• View reading as a process of creating meaning
• Decode rapidly
• Have large vocabularies
• Understand the organization of stories, plays,
  informational books, poems, and other texts

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Good Readers also

• Use a variety of strategies

• Monitor their understanding as they read

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Good Writers

• Vary how they write depending on the purpose for
  writing and the audience who will read the
  composition
• Use the writing process flexibly
• Focus on developing ideas and communicating
  effectively
• Turn to classmates for feedback on how well they
  are communicating

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Good Writers also...

• Monitor how well they are communicating in the
  piece of writing
• Use formats and structures for stories, poems,
  letters, and other texts
• Use a variety of strategies
• Postpone attention to mechanical correctness
  until the end of the writing process

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In Order to Motivate Students Give Students
Opportunities to...

• Express their own ideas and opinions.

• Choose topics for writing and
• books for reading.

• Talk about books they
• are reading.

• Choose writing to share
• with classmates.

• Pursue authentic activities.

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During the elementary grades, students learn to
use five types of reading and writing skills.
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• Meaning-making skills

• Decoding and Spelling Skills

• Language Skills

• Study Skills

• Reference Skills

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Special Thanks To

• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Gail E. Tompkins for her text Literacy for the
  21st Century
• My group members Danielle Donovan and Lori
  DIorio.