Reading Comprehension Flashcards
Facilitation Reading Fluency
Strengthen decoding skills (PA)
Progress toward application in reading and spelling
Opportunities for collaboration
Visual representations
Progression of supported reading
- chorus reading, partner reading with feedback, echo reading, audiobook reading
Semantic Features of Reading Comprehension
Lexicon Integrating Info Drawing Inferences Identifying causal relationships Organization of expository info
Semantic Features - Lexicon
Vocabulary within reading
Semantic Features - Integrating Information
More important in intermediate grades
Know academic vocab. words
Connecting existing knowledge and new knowledge
Thinking about comprehension across sentences
Semantic Features - Drawing Inferences
Thinking beyond what is written
Working on abstract ideas
Semantic Features - Identifying Causal Relationships
Helping them understand the hierarchy of info
Using a graphic organizer
Semantic Features - Organization of Expository Info.
Hierarchy in factual reading
Graphic organizer to help identify key ideas
Relevant vs. Irrelevant info.
Morphosyntactic Features of Reading Comprehension
Verb Tense
Derivatives
Pronoun References
Complex Sentences
Morphosyntactic Features - Verb Tense
Pointing out tenses used in academic writing
Morphosyntactic Features - Derivatives
Talking about cues related to this via the root word and parts of speech
Important for spelling
Ex. Magic, magician, magical
Morphosyntactic Features - Pronoun References
Important to help kids recognize the referent
Morphosyntactic Features - Complex Sentences
Helping kids recognize what’s within each sentence they’re reading
Making it as visual as you can
QART
Question
Answer
Relationship
Technique
Gives them a purpose for reading - provides a strategy
QART - Right There
Asking a question where the answers will be found RIGHT THERE in the text
Ex. bold words in a text book
QART - Think and Search
The answers are found in the text, but they require integration of information. May need to read a paragraph/section
Not found in a single word
QART - Author and You
Helping them combine their own prior knowledge with that which is found in the text
Making an inference
QART - On My Own
Offering applications to real life
Metacognitive Skills of Reading Comprehension
- Identify what they do and do not understand
- Teach strategies to recognize and address
- Direct instruction > modeling > guided practice > application
- Graphic tools to determine knowledge level
- Own questions
- Teach them to make up their own questions
- Checklist / Think alouds
- Peer tasks
Written Language - Goal Areas
- Spelling
- Semantics
- Word choices
- How specific their vocabulary is, is it their grade level appropriate
- Integrating meaning across sentences
- Morphology
- Syntax
- Cohesion
- Mechanics
- Perspective
- Purpose
- Varied genres
Written Language - Techniques to Intervention
- Graphic Organizers
- Word Walls/ Personal Dictionary
- Think Alouds
- Thinking through the process
- Go through a checklist you’ve provided
- Provide examples so they understand both the structure and format you’re looking for
- Models
- Provide examples and clear expectations
- Technology
- Determine whether it is a benefit to his written language skills – not handwriting skills
- We’re not assessing, we’re trying to help our kids be successful
Written Language - Metalinguistic Skills
Diagramming Sentences
Labeling the parts of speech
Written Language - Metacognitive Skills
Editing
Proofreading
Planning and Organizing
Writing Lab Approach - Features
• Classroom-based • Collaborative • Inclusive • Curriculum-based projects • Computer supported • Focus on Process • Student Choice • Author – Audience communication • Purpose o Scaffolding is built into the process
Writing Lab Approach - Guiding Principles
BACKDROP
Diamond Model of Recursive Process
Writing Lab Approach - BACKDROP
Balance Authentic Audience Constructive Learning Keep it Simple Dynamic Research and Reflective Practice Ownership Patience
Writing Lab Approach - Diamond Model
Pre-writing/Investigating
Writing
Post-writing
