Practical Strategies for Improving Reading Comprehension Helping Our Students Master Reading Henry County Professional Learning July 29, 2015Denise Wood.

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Practical Strategies for Improving Reading Comprehension Helping Our Students Master Reading Henry County Professional Learning July 29, 2015Denise Wood

Read Chapter 7 and answer the questions on page 183.

Pop Quiz!

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How Hard Could It Be? The Batsmen were merciless against the Bowlers. The Bowlers placed their men in slips and covers. But to no avail. The Batsmen hit one four after another along with an occasional six. Not once did their balls hit their stumps or get caught.

Quiz 1. Who were merciless against the Bowlers? 2. Where did the Bowlers place their men? 3. Was this strategy successful? 4. Who hit an occasional six? 5. How many times did the Batsmen’s balls hit a stump?

How Smart Readers Think Reading is more than “decoding.” Reading is an active, constructive process.

How Smart Readers Think Good readers have a repertoire of thinking strategies they use to comprehend texts.

Thinking Strategies of Effective Readers Visualize (make mental pictures or sensory images) Connect (connect to own experience, to events in the world, to other readings)

Thinking Strategies (continued) Question (actively wonder, bring up uncertainties, interrogate the text) Self-monitor (recognize and act on confusion, uncertainty, and attention problems)

Thinking Strategies (continued) Recall (retell, summarize, remember information) Infer (predict, hypothesize, interpret, draw conclusions)

Thinking Strategies (continued) Analyze (notice text structures, author’s craft, vocabulary, purpose, theme, point of view) Evaluate (determine importance, make judgments)

Showing Students How Smart Readers Think: Think-Aloud Read passage aloud (students read along). Stop repeatedly to explain your mental processing. Students try in pairs, small groups, or as class. Students stuck? Point out key spots to stop; ask if they have any questions.

Why Is Reading for Information So Hard? With hocked gems financing him, our hero bravely defied all scornful laughter that tried to prevent his scheme. “Your eyes deceived” he had said. “An egg not a table correctly typifies this unexplored planet.” Now three sturdy sisters sought proof. Forging along sometimes through calm vastness, yet more often over turbulent peaks and valleys. Days became weeks as many doubters spread fearful rumors about the edge. At last, welcome winged creatures appeared signifying success.

Oh! So that’s what you were talking about. Schema: a web that stores and connects all the information in our mind related to a given topic. Understanding a passage requires activating the appropriate schema. Prior knowledge is the main determinant of comprehension. To learn new information, we must attach it, connect it, and integrate it with information we already have.

Stages of Reading: Before Reading  Set purpose for reading *  Activate prior knowledge (schema) *  Develop questions *  Make predictions *

Strategies To Use before Reading Brainstorming Clustering KWL ERT Anticipation Guide Read-Aloud

A Quick Detour: Reading Aloud Benefits – Builds background information – Increases conceptual vocabulary – Models fluent reading – Helps students grasp big ideas and questions How? – Variety of well-written texts in clear, vivid language – Slightly above reading level – Explore important issues, surprising experiences, or fascinating, funny, or thought-provoking problems

Students Reading Aloud Students sign up, practice ahead of time Improves fluency  increases comprehension Reading multiple times also increases comprehension Authentic texts—poetry, famous speeches, jokes, famous documents (e.g., Constitution, Declaration of Independence) Choral reading—reader’s theater, antiphonal reading with variations, call and response

Strategies To Use before Reading Brainstorming Clustering KWL ERT Anticipation Guide Read-Aloud Dramatic Role Play Probable Passage

Stages of Reading: During Reading  Sample text  Visualize *  Hypothesize  Confirm/alter predictions  Monitor comprehension *

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Strategies to Use While Reading Post-It Notes Coding Text Bookmarks Double-Entry Journals Sketching It Says/I Say/And So Pair/Share

Stages of Reading: After Reading  Recall/retell *  Evaluate  Discuss  Reread  Apply  Read more

Strategies To Use after Reading Exit Slips/Admit Slips Question Swap (Skinny vs. Fat) Mapping Save the Last Word for Me RAFT Drama Art

PALS (Peer-Assisted Learning Strategy) 5 minutesPartner A reads aloud 5 minutesPartner B reads aloud 2 minutesPartners alternate summarizing 5 minutesPartner A reads in chunks, B questions: Who? What? Shrink to <= 10 words 5 minutesPartner B reads in chunks, A questions 5 minutesPartner A predicts, reads a chunk, verifies/negates prediction, shrinks 5 minutesPartner B predicts, reads, shrinks

Vocabulary Strategies Word Splash

Sample Word Splash

Vocabulary Strategies Word Splash Graphic Organizers (Frayer Model, Concept Map, etc.) Vocabulary Tree List-Group-Label

Motivating Readers: Choice Textbook as reference, journals/magazines, Internet articles, essays, biographies, memoirs, travelogues, historical novels Benefits: engagement, differentiation, increased comprehension, diverse viewpoints, “big picture” Book talks—reviews, excerpt, student recommendation Jigsaw groups

Suggested Reading Gallagher, Kelly. Readicide. Portland, Maine: Stenhouse Publishers, Herz, Sarah K. with Donald R. Gallo. From Hinton to Hamlet: Building Bridges Between Young Adult Literature and the Classics. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, Reynolds, Marilyn. I Won’t Read and You Can’t Make Me. Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Heinemann, Tovani, Cris. I Read It, But I Don’t Get It. Portland, Maine: Stenhouse Publishers, Wilhelm, Jeffrey D. You Gotta BE the Book. New York: Teachers College Press, 1997.