Supports for Boys' Literacy
Resources for professional learning and practical classroom use provide educators across the province with effective strategies to support boys’ literacy achievement.
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| Boys' Voices: Technology in the Classroom One of the strategy recommendations in Me Read? And How! is Get the Net. This video demonstrates how boys in a grade 7/8 classroom respond to the implementation of various technologies with engaging enthusiasm. The teacher uses technology to engage students in reading, writing, and oral communication in a collaborative learning environment. |
FLV 8:20 min
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MP4 128 M
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| Me Read? And How! This guide is based on a review of effective practices, including those recommended by the Ontario boys’ literacy teacher inquiry project, and it provides practical and effective strategies that teachers can put to use in the classroom. |
PDF 5.4 M | ||
| Me Read? No Way! This guide is structured around thirteen “Strategies for Success”. It summarizes research on how boys learn to read and write and provides the most effective instructional approaches and strategies for supporting boys’ literacy. |
PDF 1 M | ||
| Promoting Meaningful Student Involvement – Listening to What Students Have to Say Chris MacDonald, a student at Riverside Secondary School in Windsor, provides insights into the effectiveness of various strategies used by his teachers, including K-W-L, think aloud, and accountable talk. Chris comments on how his teachers' instructional strategies help him to engage more actively with subject content, make connections, and understand material. |
FLV 6:12 min
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MP4 64 M
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| Supports for Boys’ Literacy CD-ROM This CD gathers a range of supports for boys’ literacy from a range of sources, voices, and perspectives. Each of these supports reinforces, complements, or enriches the others. |
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| Supports for Literacy Leaders: Me Read? And How! & Literacy GAINS - PowerPoint presentation from regional sessions. |
PowerPoint 8.7 M | ||
| The Road Ahead: Boys’ Literacy Teacher Inquiry Project, 2005-2008 Supplement : Individual Team Reports Summaries and key findings from each of the teacher inquiry teams. |
PDF 3.8 M | ||
| The Road Ahead: Boys’ Literacy Teacher Inquiry Project, 2005-2008 Teacher teams across the province conducted inquiry into teaching and assessment strategies and classroom practice for improving boys' literacy achievement. This report contains significant findings on teaching practices that yielded promising results for boys. |
PDF 357 K |