Anchor Charts to Support
Comprehension Strategies
By Mary Malloy &
Katrina Purdue
Professional Development
IRT training from Cindy and
Therese
Embedded Midvale PD
• Year 1- Primary Literacy
Notebook
• Year 2- Comprehension
Strategies with Debbie
Miller
• Year 3- Comprehension
revisited + writing
Resources
• Literacy Room Books
• Book Room Titles for
Book Club
Curriculum Maps
DRAFT
MONTH
September
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
May
FIRST GRADE
LITERACY CURRICULUM MAP
WRITING*
COMPREHENSION
STRATEGIES**
 Writing Sample
 Literary Elements
 Book 1: Launching the Writing
(Little Yellow Chicken)
Workshop
(Corduroy)
 Book 2: Small Moments:
 Making Connections:
Personal Narrative Writing
T-S, T-T, T-W
(Chrysanthemum)
 Book 3: Writing for Readers:  Predicting
Teaching Skills and
Strategies
 Book 4: The Craft of Revision  Inferring
 Assessing
 Book 5: Authors as Mentors
Review/Assess
 PLAA
 Comprehension Strategies:
 Book 7: Poetry
 Creating Mental Images
 Book 6: Nonfiction Writing
 Asking Questions
 Book 6 - continued
 Determining Importance/
Non Fiction
Reviewing and Assessing
 PLAA
 Comprehension Strategies
 Teacher or Student Choice
 Assessing
*Refers to Units of Study for Primary Writing by Lucy Calkins
**Order of comprehension strategy instruction is based on Mosaic of Thought, Second Edition by
Keene and Zimmermann, page 34 . Genres are presented throughout the year.
Once the strategies are introduced they are reinforced throughout the year.
DRAFT
MONTH
September
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
May
SECOND GRADE
LITERACY CURRICULUM MAP
WRITING*
COMPREHENSION
STRATEGIES**
 Writing Sample
 Literary Elements/Retelling
 Book 1: Launching the Writing
(The Man, the boy and the
Workshop
Donkey)
 Book 2: Small Moments:
 Making Connections:
Personal Narrative Writing
T-S, T-T, T-W
(A Quilt for Kristi)
 Book 3: Writing for Readers:  Predicting/Inferring
Teaching Skills and
Strategies
 Book 4: The Craft of Revision  Questioning
 Assessing
 Book 5: Authors as Mentors
Review/Assess
 PLAA
 Comprehension Strategies:
 Book 7: Poetry
 Creating Mental Images
 Book 6: Nonfiction Writing
 Determining Importance
 Book 6 - continued
 Synthesizing
 Teacher or Student Choice
 Assessing
Reviewing and Assessing
 PLAA
 Comprehension Strategies
*Refers to Units of Study for Primary Writing by Lucy Calkins
**Order of comprehension strategy instruction is based on Mosaic of Thought, Second Edition by
Keene and Zimmermann, page 34 . Genres are presented throughout the year.
Once the strategies are introduced they are reinforced throughout the year.
Implementation
• Modeling
(Anchor Charts)
• Shared Practice
(Anchor Charts)
• Guided Practice
(notebooks)
• Independent Practice
(Book Club, notebooks)
Monitoring Comprehension
Connections
Book Club
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Heterogeneous Small Groups
Adult reads book aloud to group
Each child is given a copy of the text
Students reflect and use post-its to track
their thinking
• Students initiate discussions
• Follow-up reflection in reading journals
Book Club Introduction
Book Club
Book Club
• First Session
• Second Session
Inferring
Questioning
Book Club
Mental Imaging
Mental Imaging Texts
Book Club Revisited
Determining Importance
Determining Importance
Determining Importance with
Fables
Book Club
• magazines
• poetry
Synthesizing
Synthesizing
Synthesizing with Allen Say
Synthesizing
Summary of Book Club
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Evolved over the year
Added to format (coding, one main idea)
Changed genres (poetry and nonfiction)
Developed oral language
Students problem solved around
group dynamics
Volunteers and students became
more comfortable with format
Thanks to the 2nd graders who
deepened our thinking!