Middle School

High Five:
Reading
in the
Content Areas

Todays Agenda:
1. What is the Middle School High Five:

Strategies Can Triumph?

2. The Middle School High Five Strategies for

Reading in the Content Area

3. Cooperative Activity
4. Exit Survey
5. Technology Take Away!!!

THE MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH FIVE:

STRATEGIES CAN TRIUMPH

By: Amy Goodman

Middle School
HIGH FIVE
Strategies

What are the Middle School

HIGH FIVE Strategies?
Read Around the Text
K.I.M. Vocabulary
Two-Column Notes
Reciprocal Teaching
Sum It Up!

Read Around the Text

Read Around the Text

Strategy used to
preview the text
Helps students:
Set purpose for
reading
Activate Prior
Knowledge
Ask questions

Read Around the Text

Student Take Away!
Helpful Tip!
Give each student
a book mark to
keep with them
(interactive
notebook, binder,
folder)
Use it as a check
list
Make it Cooperative!

Your Turn!

K.I.M. Vocabulary

K.I.M. Vocabulary
K stands for the key
word, and students
simply record the
vocabulary word to be
learned.
I stands for important
information. Encourage
students to record what
they have learned
about the key word in
"their own words."
M stands for memory
clue or mnemonic

K.I.M. Vocabulary
Helpful Tips:
Activate memory by
asking students to draw
an image (ANY IMAGE)
that will help them
remember the meaning of
the vocabulary word.
Always model how to use
the word in a sentence.
Choose your words wisely!
Give your students the
K.I.M. bookmark for easy
access!

Two Column Notes

Main ideas

Detail notes

Opinion

Proof

Hypothesis

Proof

Problem

Solution

Two Column Notes

Reciprocal Teaching

Reciprocal Teaching
Strategy that relies
on FOUR
comprehension
skills:
Summarizing
Questioning
Clarifying
Predicting

Reciprocal Teaching
Students become the teacher!
Steps to implementing a Reciprocal
Teaching Strategy:
1. Model the Four Skills
2. Reciprocal Teaching at Work
3. Assessment and Reflection

Your Turn!

Sum It Up!
A+B+C=
TOPIC SENTENCE

Sum It Up!
Step 1: VIPs Very Important Points
Use sticky note strips to identify the
most important ideas/details
Tip- limit the amount of sticky note
strips they are aloud to use.

Step 2: A+B+C Strategy

A = Identify!
B = Select a Verb!
C = Finish Your Thought!

Sum It Up!

Remember!
Take it slow, and concentrate on one
strategy at a time!
Work collaboratively with your
team!
Have fun!
For additional information and
example lesson plans visit:
http://www.asdk12.org/middlelink/

Let Share!!!

How will you use the High Five Strategies in

your instruction?
Step 1: For every strategy use the post-its located in the
center of your table to jot down an example of how you will use
the strategy in your instruction. You should use at least 5 postits, one for each strategy.
Step 2: Hand-up, Pair-up, Share and Switch

Technology Takeaway!!!!
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