1. Using Foldables to Develop Comprehension Strategies Staff Development Workshop Karen Massey-Cerda 1

2. What are Foldables? Graphic organizers with a difference Multi dimensional Interactive 2

3. Why Use Foldables? Reinforce skills and strategies essential for reading success.Provide a fun, kinesthetic tool for students. Enables students to quickly organize, analyze and review learning before, during and after reading. Provides an engaging and creative alternative to worksheet graphic organizers. Can be used in multiple ways and in all curriculum areas. 3

4. When Should I Use Foldables? When I want to organize material so that students remember it. When I want a summarization activity as a culmination of a unit of study. When my students need a note-taking device to support the reading of text; listening to teacher or peers. When I want to reinforce relationships between and among concepts. When I want students to have a study guide or aid. 4

5. Layered Book Foldable Comprehension Application : SummarizingSequencing Character Study QAR 5

6. Someone/Wanted/But/Then/So Strategy 6 So Then But Wanted Someone Layered Book (Summarizing)

7. Application to other Curriculum Areas 7

8. Social Studies Application 8

9. Pyramid Foldable Comprehension Application: K-W-LStory Elements 9

10. K-W-L Strategy Pyramid Foldable 10 KWL

11. Three Tab Foldable Comprehension Application: Compare and Contrast Story Mapping K-W-LClassification 11

12. Compare and Contrast Strategy 12 Three Tab Foldable ContrastCompareContrast

13. Application to other curriculum areas 13

14. Social Studies Applicati on 14

15. Envelope Foldable Comprehension application: Story mapping Character development K-W-L Plus 15

16. Story Map Strategy - Envelope Foldable 16 CharacterSettingProblemSolution

17. Application to other Curriculum Areas 17

18. Social Studies Application 18

19. Application to the Classroom What unit of study are you currently teaching? What foldable would be most appropriate to use now? How will you use it? When will you use it? 19