Literacy Survey for Teachers Read the list of instructional practices. Check a box to the right describing your level of comfort/expertise with this practice. Check the last box if you wish to be more proficient at that practice.
1. 2. 3. Inquiry
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Explicitly teach/reinforce inquiry/research skills.
4. Writing
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Embed writing strategies in my instruction
Provide explicit instruction, practice, and feedback in writing assignments
Routinely monitor student progress on writing assignments.
Have students edit, self-evaluate and revise writing.
5. Speaking and Listening
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Provide opportunities to apply listening and speaking skills in authentic context.
Provide direct instruction, practice and feedback in processes that proficient oral communicators use in informal and formal situations.
6. Vocabulary
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Use activities to pre-teach concepts, then pre-teach essential content vocabulary.
Identify for my students which vocabulary words are essential for understanding unit concepts.
Model use of proven, research-based strategies that deepen understanding of word meaning
Provide multiple practices (25-30) using essential vocabulary
7. Reading
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Model metacognitive strategies and provide explicit instruction and practice in processes that proficient readers use (print & digital text).
Provide scaffolding activities to ensure success before reading (accessing & building prior knowledge).
Provide scaffolding activities to ensure success during reading (making connections & inferences, self-monitoring of comprehension, graphic organizers, etc.).
Provide scaffolding activities to ensure success after reading (processing, written response, etc.).
Demonstrate and provide practice for students to interpret, analyze, create, and evaluate text.
Embed reading strategies in instruction that are particularly effective in my subject area.
Provide my students opportunities to access written text (print & digital) at a variety of reading levels.
8. Technology/Media
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Provide explicit instruction, practice, and feedback in processes that proficient media creators use.
Provide explicit instruction and practice in evaluating various forms of media.
Use digital media resources to provide relevant and meaningful learning experiences in my content area.
Monitor student progress on media creation assignments.
9. General Literacy Practices
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Routinely involve students in goal setting and reflection.
Routinely use short cycle feedback (assessment for learning strategies) to adjust my instructional approach during a unit.
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