Listening and Reading Comprehension Tx.

Question 1

Why is listening difficult to teach?

Answer 1

Because the auditory signal is fleeting

Question 2

What are some listening comprehension strategies? (3)

Answer 2

• Discuss beliefs about listening
• Promote self-recognition of comprehension difficulties
• Practice recognizing comprehension breakdowns

Question 3

What beliefs do children with LLD have?

Answer 3

• They often believe the speaker is always right

- They often define good listening in behavioral terms, not in comprehension terms

Question 4

What do you do before reading the the before, during, and after framework (6)

Answer 4

• Set purpose for reading
• Motivate to read
• Pre-teach key words / concepts
• Start with K, W, H, L chart (know, what, how, learn)
• Activate background knowledge and connect to any experiences
• Predict what will happen and read to verify

Question 5

During reading, you should stop frequently to… (6)

Answer 5

• Predict what will happen next, then read to verify
• Monitor comprehension & fix breakdowns
• Generate questions over what you are reading (pretend you’re the teacher)
• Fill in a graphic organizer
• State main idea
• Paraphrase and summarize

Question 6

After reading, students can… (4)

Answer 6

• Respond in active ways (evaluate & extend - write/draw something about it, discuss)
• Relate to other similar readings/experiences
• Review material periodically
• Decide what is most important / the “take home” points

Question 7

What do you use graphic organizers and text structure to work on?

Answer 7

-Use to explicitly teach test structure AND to scaffold comprehension of texts

Question 8

What are the three question types?

Answer 8

• Text explicit
• Text implicit
• Scriptal

Question 9

What is a text explicit question?

Answer 9

It’s right there & easily found in the text

Question 10

What is a text implicit question?

Answer 10

You need to think and search - it is found in the text, but requires looking in more than one place or must be inferred

Question 11

What is a scriptal question?

Answer 11

In my head; part of the reader’s prior knowledge or experience

Question 12

Visualization rests on the premises that… (2)

Answer 12

• Visual memory is stronger than auditory-linguistic

- Good readers “make movies” when they read

Question 13

What are two structured programs for visualization?

Answer 13

• Visualizing & Verbalizing

- Lindamood-Bell

Question 14

Best practice / evidence - Improving reading comprehension in K through 3rd grade

Answer 14

• Teach students how to use reading strategies (strong)
• Teach students to identify & use the text’s organizational structure to comprehend, learn, and remember (moderate)
• Establish an engaging and motivating context in which to teach reading comprehension (moderate)
• Select texts purposefully to support comprehension development (min)
• Guide students through focused, high-quality discussion on the meaning of text (min)