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DMS Middle School

The Middle School High Five program integrates reading strategies into all subjects, enhances student comprehension, and prepares them for Standards Based Assessments. Implemented through five key strategies, including Read Around the Text and K.I.M. Vocabulary, the program focuses on before, during, and after reading activities. Supported by resources like layered booklets and online lesson plans, this initiative unifies instruction and improves comprehension across the district. The school-wide approach creates a surprise factor, making it a valuable tool to enhance existing curriculum delivery.

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DMS Middle School

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  1. DMS Middle School High Five!

  2. What is the Middle School High Five? • Infuses reading strategies into all curriculum areas • Unifies and aligns instruction across the district • Improves student comprehension • Prepares students for the Standards Based Assessments (SBAs) • Focuses on before, during, and afterreading activities

  3. How is it implemented? • Five reading strategies • Random practice in all team classrooms • School-wide focus creates a surprise factor • Good tools to deliver existing curriculum

  4. What are the key strategies? Read Around the Text K.I.M. Vocabulary Two-Column Notes Reciprocal Teaching Sum It Up!

  5. #1: Read Around the Text Source:Louanne Clayton Jacobs and Dee Dee Benefield Jones (Alabama)

  6. FRONT-LOADING Reading …the single best thing you can do to improve student comprehension!

  7. Traditional Teaching Reading Source: Linda Cornwell, Scholastic Literacy Specialist

  8. Research-Based Teaching Reading Source: Linda Cornwell, Scholastic Literacy Specialist

  9. Read Around the Text or R.A.T. It Out! Source: Romig Middle School, Anchorage, Alaska

  10. #2: K.I.M. Vocabulary to win victory over defeat President Bush defeated Senator Kerry in the 2004 election by winning the electoral college.

  11. …the single most ineffective way to learn new words.

  12. Instead use these cues… • Mine Your Memory • Study the Structure • Consider the Context • Substitute a Synonym • Ask an Expert • Place a Post-It Source:Getting Into Words by Shira Lubliner

  13. Choose your vocabulary words wisely. The boys banked the canoe to the lee side of the rock. Source: Kylene Beers, Elements of Literature 2005

  14. Avid readers benefit by studying rare words because they already have a strong vocabulary. lee Source: Kylene Beers, Elements of Literature 2005

  15. Struggling readers benefit from studying high-utility words. banked? canoe? Source: Kylene Beers, Elements of Literature 2005

  16. Trouble Making up Sentences? Try This: http://dictionary.cambridge.org

  17. What Words Should You Teach? Teach?

  18. #3: Two Column Notes Strategy #1 Strategy #2 Strategy #3 Strategy #4 Strategy #5 • Read Around the Text • K.I.M. Vocabulary • Two Column Notes • Reciprocal Teaching • Sum It Up Source: Project CRISS

  19. Two Column Notes Main ideas Opinion Hypothesis Problem • Detail notes • Proof • Proof • Solution Use notes for self-testing! Source: Project CRISS

  20. #4: Reciprocal Teaching Source: A.S. Palinscar & A. L, Brown, 1985

  21. Reciprocal Teaching • group workprovides a safety net

  22. #5: Sum It Up! VIPs + ABC = Summary Paragraph Source:Step Up to Writing by Maureen Auman

  23. 3 Steps… Delete information Make substitutions Keep some of the original

  24. Sum It Up! A = This presentation B = outlined C = five strategies for improving comprehension.

  25. What kind of support is there? • Layered booklets, posters, and bookmarks • On-line lesson plans for each strategy on the Middle Link

  26. Unify instruction and improve comprehension!

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