2017-18 New Literacy Initiatives
Happy New Year!! This school year Turning Point Academy will be continuing its path of growth of our scholars and implementing close reading, academic conversations, and text dependent questioning. Our scholars will also engage in authentic experiences that will help increase their literacy skills, strengthen their reading skills, and help in the development of their 21st century skills.
Our teachers will be focusing on:
Our teachers will be focusing on:
- close reading strategies (thoughtful, critical analysis of a text that focuses on significant details or patterns in order to develop a deep, precise understanding of the meaning of the text)
- academic conversations (back-and-forth dialogues in which students focus on a topic and explore it by building, challenging, and negotiating relevant ideas)
- text dependent questions (questions that can only be answered by referring back to the text)
- graphic organizers (a visual and graphic display that depicts the relationships between facts, terms, and or ideas within a learning task)
- anchor charts (outlines or describes procedures, processes, and strategies on a particular theme or topic and is posted in the classroom for reference by students)