5 Strategies to Amplify

Reading Instruction in
Virtual Learning

Andrea Quintana, NBCT

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5 Ideas to Choice
Boards
Virtual
Book
Clubs
Try Out!
Fluency Annotate
Check or Stories on
Daily Jamboard
Reflections
on Flipgrid

Vocabulary
Peardeck
Why Engagement?
● Student Voice and Choice

● Hands-On Participation

● Student Driven Outcomes

● Interest, Curiosity and Passions

 ● Self Selected
Books
● Audio Feature for
Accessibility
● Question Boards
● Breakout Rooms
● Daily Reflections

Virtual Book Clubs

 ● Listen to Students
Read
● Students can choose
book or passage
● Retell Option for
Non-Readers
● Authentic Audience

Fluency Checks
 ● Share Lessons
Learned
● Imagination and
Inspiration
● Community
Connection
● Individual
Feedback

Daily Reflections
Flipgrid.com
● Connect to Google Classroom
● Add to Seesaw
● Send code to Families
 ● jamboard.google.com
● Differentiate text
● Student Choice
● Collaborate
● Live Time Feedback

Annotate Text
 ● Learning Menus and Choice Boards give
structured choices for students
● Choice=Engagement!
● Flexibility, Differentiation, Ownership of
Learning
● Choices can be in the Content or in
Product
● Integrate Accountability
Choice Board Ideas: Word Work Tic Tac Toe, Math Game Choices,
Classroom Library, Research Topics and PResentations

Choice Boards
 ● Peardeck
● Flash card factory
● Visual Illustrations for
words
● Collaborative
● FUN

Vocabulary
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