I Read It, But I Didnt Get It

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I Read It, But I Didnt Get It

• Teaching Reading Comprehension Across the Content
  Areas

Joe Ferraro and Diana Triplet
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Components of Good Reading Instruction

• Phonics
• Phonemic Awareness
• Fluency
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension

As identified by the National Reading Panel
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Comprehension Strategies

• Reading for a Purpose
• Making Predictions
• Mental Imagery
• Asking Questions
• Reciprocal Teaching
• Note-taking

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Reading for a Purpose

• KWL Charts
• Anticipation Guides
• Possible Sentences
• Semantic Mapping

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KWL Charts
CHINA
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Anticipation Guide

• True or False?
• ____1. Most bacterium reproduce by using spores.
  _____
• ____2. Bacterium can cause illness.
  _____
• ____3. Bacteria is a plant.
  _____
• ____4. Colds are caused by bacterium.
  _____
• ____5. Some types of bacterium are beneficial to
  humans. _____
• ____6. Mildew is a type of bacteria.
  _____
• ____7. Bacterium produce their own food.
  _____
• ____8. A bacteria cell does not contain a
  nucleus. _____

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Possible Sentences

• Solar System
• Topic
• Vocabulary you will find in your reading
• orbit asteroid planet revolution
• leap year solstice gravity season
• Write one or more sentences using at least two of
  the above terms in each sentence. After reading,
  rate the accuracy of each sentence by indicating
  True (T) False (F) or Dont Know (DK)
• _____1. A planet follows an orbit around the
  sun.
• _____2. An asteriod may be pulled out of orbit
  by gravity.

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Semantic Mapping
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Making Predictions

• Requires Background Knowledge
• Subject Knowledge
• Vocabulary Knowledge
• Text Experience
• Structural Awareness
• Requires Interaction With Text

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Predicting

• Text Structure
• Title Page
• Table of Contents
• Glossary
• Index
• Appendix
• Answer Key
• Atlas
• Page or Section Indicators

Atlas
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Predicting

• Text Structure Chapter Organization
• Headings
• Sub-headings
• Captions
• Graphs
• Charts
• Pictures
• Review Questions
• Vocabulary Words

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PredictingSelective Reading Guide

• _____I read the HEADINGS of the chapter sections
  and referred to them while I read the passage to
  help me remember the purpose of the reading.
• _____I read the SUBHEADINGS in the chapter and
  referred to them while I read to help me
  remember what each section was about.
• _____I paid special attention to words in color
  and bold print and in italics, and I watched for
  the meanings of those words in the sentences.
• _____I looked for key listing words such as
  first, next and because to help me find
  important sequences of events or procedural
  steps to follow.
• _____I looked for proper nouns such as names of
  events, procedures, people, or places to help me
  know which are most important to recall.

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PredictingSelective Reading Guide
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Mental Imagery

• Using all senses
• Picturing action or relationships
• Examples
• Picturing a map showing routes
• followed by early explorers
• Picturing parts of a plant cell
• Imagining characters in a story

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Use All the Senses
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Asking Questions

• QAR
• QuestionAnswer Relationships
• Right-There
• answer is spelled out in the text
• Putting-It-Together
• answer is found by connecting info in the text
• Author-and-Me
• answer is found by using authors clues plus
  readers own reasoning
• On-My-Own
• answer comes from readers own knowledge or
  experience

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Reciprocal Teaching

• Summarize
• Question
• Clarify
• Predict
• Students may work in groups of 4 with each
  student taking responsibility for one step.

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Note-taking

• 2 Column Notes
• Response Journals
• Power Notes

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2 Column Notes
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Response Journals

• I wonder
• I noticed

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Power Notes

• Power 1 Main Idea
• Power 2 Detail or support for power 1
• Power 3 Detail or support for power 2
• Power 1 Animals
• Power 2 Dog
• Power 3 Collie
• Power 2 Cats
• Power 3 Siamese
• Power 3 Calico

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Vocabulary

• Bell-Ringers
• Matching columns
• Sentences with context clues
• List of words to make sentences
• Synonyms and antonyms
• Password (single word clues)

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Vocabulary

• Word Walls (by categories)
• Make lists by scanning for bold-faced words
  write definitions from context
• Word search look for words from teacher list
• Word Map
• Four Square
• Word Sort
• Linear Array

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Reading to Learn