8:30 – 11:30: Reviewd previous files, booklet, created outline, thinking of best way to teach: by
tool or by activity? Should participants create an activity using a tool? Yes. Show end-product,
then teach skill & tool? Be sure to tie to CCSS. Reference 20 strategies for literacy & the CCSS.
Word for the Secondary Classroom
Technology Tools for Reading and Writing in the Classroom
Introduction:
Word is a ____ program that can be used for __________ .
Overview
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Personalizing or customizing Word
o Font size
o Line spacing?
o Quick Access Toolbar
o Default Save Location
o Display # of recent documents & Quick Access documents
Help feature
Document Window
Commonalities of Office products
Saving templates
Views
Reading Connections
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AutoCorrect (move to writing)
Spelling & Grammar
Speak Text
Readability Statistics
Assistive Technology tools (Activity 4) (Reading view, background color, font color, size,
speak text)
Research pane, dictionary, synonyms
Highlight, color coding
Hyperlinking (Actitivity 3)
Bookmarking (look for good example) (Activity 3: Use a story’s examples of theme,
characterization, etc. to bookmark terms)
Comments (Activity 2)
Headings for Navigation
Table to Text
Change Edit document view mode permanently.
Writing Connections
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Concept maps
Outlines
Hidden Text
Form fields
Tables (portfolios)
Insert objects
Tracking changes (peer editing)
Word count
References tab
Find/Replace text
Characteristics of Strategic Readers
from 20 Literacy Strategies to Meet the Common Core: Increasing Rigor in Middle & High
School Classrooms by Elaine K McEwan-Adkins and Allyson J. Burnett
In the table below, the Strategic Readers column contains characteristics of “Strategic Readers”
from McEwan-Adkins and Burnett (8). As we journey through this course, you may use the
Word Tool to Support column to take notes on which tools in Microsoft Word 2013 provide
support to students in becoming “strategic readers.” In the Example column, you may add any
samples we/you create from our in-class activities. You will find that Microsoft Word tools can
support students in multiple Strategic Reader areas.
You may decide to use some of the tools for either 1) Teacher-created templates to scaffold
student learning, or 2) Student-generated activities to demonstrate skills.
Strategic Readers
Word Tool to Support
Example: Comment
Know why they are reading
text and adjust their purpose
and reading speed to
accomplish their goals
Ask questions from multiple
perspectives while they are
reading (for example, asking
the author, asking a question
to motivate further reading, or
asking a peer or the teacher
about the meaning of
something that is confusing in
the text)
Activate relevant and accurate
prior knowledge and
experiences, connecting what
they know to what they are
reading
Make inferences based on
evidence in the text, both
stated and unstated,
combined with their own
Example
Include text sample with
teacher instructions,
questions, hints. Check
book for details, examples.
experiences and background
knowledge
Are able to adjust their
reading speed to skim and
scan text they have already
read to find information in the
text needed to make an
inference, answer a question,
solve a problem, or write a
response to what is read
Monitor their understanding
while they are reading,
stopping, if needed, to clarify
what they don’t understand
before continuing
Are persistent about
extracting and constructing
meaning from text, taking
time to reread what they do
not understand, look up
unfamiliar terms, ask
questions of peers or the
teacher, or search for an
easier more accessible text
that contains similar
information
Are able to identify key ideas
and details and write a
summary statement or
paragraph in their own words
Recognize the value of
creating graphic
representations of the text to
aid in understanding and
remembering the big ideas
and use a variety of such
organizers when they are
reading for understanding and
retention
Writing?
Pre-Reading/Writing, Thinking--- do I include this?
Concept Maps & outlining (diagrams & organizational charts, drawing tools, bullets &
numbering)
SmartArt
Essential Characteristics
Non-Essential Characteristics
Not much rainfall
• rough terrain
Desert
Dry land without
much rain
Examples
Non-Examples