5 Components of Reading Instruction Phonics Phonemic Awareness Vocabulary Fluency Comprehension

Comprehension instruction in the primary grades is not only possible but wise and beneficial rather than detrimental to overall reading development. Pearson & Duke, Comprehension Instruction: Research-Based Best Practices (2002)

Stop and Draw Every time you come to a comparison in a book – STOP AND DRAW.

STOP and DRAW the following comparisons 1.A grizzly bear can grow to be longer than a sofa. 2.A grizzly can weigh as much as 10 grown-ups.

Please add labels to your drawings.

One person must look at the screen One person must turn away from the screen. adapted from Lori Oczkus

Polar Bears

Predict the Words Take one minute to look at a book Use the features of text as you look List 3 – 5 words that you think you will see in this book Focus on specific nouns and vivid verbs adapted from Lori Oczkus

Grizzlyhabitat

Questions that I have after a book look. Answers that I found in the text. Please give answer & page # Answers that I found by using my schema, inferences, and author information. Question/ Answer / Infer adaped from Lori Oczkus

Winnie the Pooh I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and long words Bother me. Chapter 4, 1926

HAPPY GLAD CONTENT JOYFUL BLISSFUL ECSTATIC

for people for animal s for storag e big/ fancy smallcrudeperma nent portable house  shack  shed  barn  tent  mansio n

motorfuelwheelsfastprivatepublicairland train bus car jet hot air balloo n bike

A Country Mouse in the Town House

WORDWe infer it means What helped us? Frothlight bubbles – lots of them the picture & the rest of the sentence Spiraclebreathing holecaption under picture – pointing arrow Camouflagespots that help things hide Brett’s schema His pants

Inferring is thinking in your head to help you understand when the story doesn’t let you in on it.