Assignment #1
What
do good readers do?
Good
readers think aloud during reading
·
Make connections to own experiences- use
prior knowledge
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Ask questions about the text
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Preview the text
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Look at text structure
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Use multiple strategies to coordinate
the text
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Decoding using context clues
What can teachers do to develop comprehension?
·
Build students’
vocabulary
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Engage students in
discussion and writing about the text
·
Build background
knowledge for students
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Ensure authenticity
·
Ask open-ended
questions
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Model and think-aloud
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Coach strategies in
small groups
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Give time for
independent reading comprehension practice
What can teachers do to help struggling readers?
·
Giving more intense
instruction
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Monitor comprehension
·
Reread the text
·
Focus and preview the
text features
Assignment
#2
Which
ideas from the video struck you as most relevant to your teaching of
comprehension?
What
new instructional practices will you implement in your classroom?
How
will you use the ideas presented in this video to improve the comprehension of
your struggling readers (students you are observing)?
The idea of thinking aloud during the reading for students gives
them a clearer picture about what type of thinking should be taking place. It
is also a great idea to explicitly teach comprehension strategies to a small
group. However, the challenge arises with time management. The new instructional practices I’ll
implement in my classroom are think-aloud, and coaching students to ask
questions about the text that was read. Coaching students to use these two
strategies independently can empower students as readers. In order to improve the comprehension of my
struggling readers, I will teach more explicitly to them by scaffolding
instruction. Paying more attention to
text structure has been proven to help my past struggling readers. They tend to monitor comprehension more
carefully.
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