1. Allowing All Students to Access Information
Empowering Readers
Allowing All Students to Access Information

2. Welcome!
While we get ready, please go to ed1stop.com and log in as my student
Username: TheresaNierlich_stu
Password: nierlich
Check out the links under Literacy Through Technology, especially CTAP Region 4 Information Literacy page

3. Plan for the Session
Learn about ways to make the text accessible to all readers
Technology-based
Interactive

4. Review Begin with a big question
Break it into smaller, researchable questions
Identify key words to guide online search
Conduct a safe & effective search for information related to the topic
And now, read it!

5. What are our students good at reading?
Fiction, fiction, fiction
Very simplistic text with lots of pictures
BUT… they run into trouble when they encounter expository, non-fiction text.

6. Why is non-fiction so tough?
Lack of background knowledge
Frequently the materials provided for a grade level are written above the students’ actual ability
Students do not monitor their comprehension as they read
Unfamiliar with the structure
Unfamiliar with content area vocabulary

7. What does a struggling reader look like?
Reads too fast
Reads word by word, without fluency
Does not recognize single syllable words
Does not visualize text
Does not reread
Does not use predicting, questioning, summarizing, and other strategies

8. What does a proficient reader do?
Remind students using “When I Read I Will…” poster
Predict
Question
Reread
Visualize
Make Connections
Hear the Text
Summarize

9. What can we do about it?
Provide background knowledge- BrainPop and United Streaming
Find materials at each student’s reading level- Word, Lexile analyzer
Teach students explicit strategies to monitor their comprehension as they read
Explicitly teach the structures of non-fiction text
Develop content area vocabulary- PowerPoint, online interactive dictionaries

10. Determining Reading Levels
Word- handout
Lexile.com- handout

11. What can we do about it?
Provide background knowledge- BrainPop and United Streaming
Find materials at each student’s reading level- Word, Lexile analyzer
Teach students explicit strategies to monitor their comprehension as they read
Explicitly teach the structures of non-fiction text
Develop content area vocabulary- PowerPoint, online interactive dictionaries

12. Our Good Friend Vygotsky
Zone of Proximal Development
What strategies are you using as you read the article?
Predicting
Questioning
Rereading

13. Pre-Reading Strategies
Tea Party- handout ER-5 thru ER-7
Choose parts of the article that will pique interest and encourage students to discuss what it might be about
Students mingle and talk in small groups to discuss their “clues” and make predictions

14. During Reading Strategies
If a student can’t decode the text, find a way to have text read to the student!
Apple Reader- OSX has a text to speech tool- see handout
Talking Box Pro- PCs can download a text to speech tool- see handout

15. During Reading Strategies
Mark the Bold/Talk the Bold- ER-5 and ER-20 and 21
Students write highlighted or bolded words on the front (Mark the Bold)
On the back, they explain the meaning of the word (Talk the Bold)
Tech Tool- highlighting in Word- handout

16. During Reading Strategies
Say Something- ER-5;
rules ER-22 thru ER-27
Read a chunk of text, then students are required to “Say Something”
Choices: Predict, question, clarify, comment, connect.

17. During Reading Strategies
Re-reading with a purpose- ER-5
Students reread a passage three times:
Read and record any questions.
Pay attention to the research question (or a focus question)
Focus on the solution (or answering question)

18. After Reading Strategy
Text Reformulation- ER-31
Students should modify or restate the text in a way that shows they understood what they read.

19. After Reading Strategy
It Says, I Say- ER-28 and ER-29

20. What can we do about it?
Provide background knowledge- BrainPop and United Streaming
Find materials at each student’s reading level- Word, Lexile analyzer
Teach students explicit strategies to monitor their comprehension as they read
Explicitly teach the structures of non-fiction text
Develop content area vocabulary- PowerPoint, online interactive dictionaries

21. Teach Text Structure
Traveling Terrain- show students the structure of non-fiction text, and the similarities between textbooks and websites

22. What can we do about it?
Provide background knowledge- BrainPop and United Streaming
Find materials at each student’s reading level- Word, Lexile analyzer
Teach students explicit strategies to monitor their comprehension as they read
Explicitly teach the structures of non-fiction text
Develop content area vocabulary- PowerPoint, online interactive dictionaries

23. PowerPoint Vocabulary
Waterfall
A body of water where water drops dramatically from a higher place to a lower place

24. Inspiration Vocabulary
Use Inspiration and clip art or the Internet to create a graphic organizer with pictures with the words.

25. Interactive Dictionaries
Math Dictionary- amathsdictionaryforkids.com