Foundations of Research-Based Reading EPI 10010

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Foundations of Research-Based Reading EPI 10010

• Instructor Shannon Ayrish
• shannonayrish_at_yahoo.com or ayrishs_at_tcc.fl.edu
• Course Times
• Tuesday and Thursday 530-930
• May 13- June 19
• Day 8

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Anticipation Questions

• Please answer the questions
• Dont use your book
• These answers should be what you anticipate now
• We will revisit the questions at the end of class
  to clarify our understanding
• We will turn these questions in at the end of
  class

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Things to Remember

• Please sign-in
• Put out your name tent
• Turn in your Anticipation Questions/Guides
• Article Summary due June 5 due today
• Discussion board responses due June 10 along with
  the individual lesson plan

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Website of the Day

• Busy Teachers Café
• http//www.busyteacherscafe.com/
• AdLit.org
• http//www.adlit.org

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Review Comprehension

• Graphic organizers
• Comprehension monitoring and fix-ups
• Answer Questions
• Generate Questions
• Story Structure or text features
• Summary
• Activating or connecting to prior knowledge
  (making connections)
• Inferences (predictions)
• Visual Imagery
• Listening Actively

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Video on Content Area Strategies

• As you watch the video make a list of activities
  that employ the comprehension strategies we have
  discussed
• Save this list and we will add to it after the
  video.

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Review Comprehension

• With your partner use sticky notes to write what
  you think each of the comprehension strategies
  would look like (activities to employ the
  strategy)
• Use your video list
• Use the books that I have passed out
• Place sticky notes on the poster that matches the
  ten main comprehension strategies that the NRP
  has discussed.

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Comprehension Scrapblogs

• Go to http//scrapblog.com
• Create a user account
• Make a scrapblog for the poster the group
  generated.
• You can work with your partner
• We will publish them on the wiki
• Watch and I will show you how to do it

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Accessible Texts

• Refer to Chapter 4 Real Rigor
• Use sticky notes to make Margin Magnets
• Each sticky note should give the main idea of the
  chapter sub-headings
• We will discuss our ideas as a group when we are
  done

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Accessible Text

• Provide a choice of reading material
• Demonstrate how your content connects to the real
  world
• Give students the opportunity to read proactive
  text
• Dont expect the textbook to do your job

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Instruction Purpose

• Decide what students should know after reading a
  text.
• Focus on the essential information only

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Anticipate Difficulty

• Ask
• Are students lacking background knowledge?
• Will difficult vocabulary interfere with meaning?
• Will difficult concepts need to be explained
  further?
• Is the text about challenging subject matter?
• Is the text organized in a confusing manner?

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Model How You Would Do It

• Try think out loud at one place where you think
  the students will have difficulty
• Give them tips on how to negotiate that part.
• Refer them to fix-up strategies

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Now What?

• What do you want students to do with the
  information they have read?
• How will they hold their thinking so they can
  return to it later?
• Will you have them write a paper, have a
  discussion or create a project?

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Model

• Show them how they should hold their thinking and
  provide tools
• Graphic organizers
• Sticky Note
• Note taking devices
• What are some other ideas for modeling?

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Setting Purpose for Reading

• Be selective about what kids read
• Only the best parts
• Be specific about your instructional purpose
• Give students a lens for reading
• Decide how your students will use what they are
  reading
• Explain how the information will be used

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Your Turn

• Using your individual lesson plan or one from
  your group unit
• Complete the Instructional Focus sheet
• We will discuss them when we are finished

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Group Projects

• Work for 15 minutes in your final assignment
  groups
• Make sure you have employed techniques that set
  instructional focus
• Make revisions as necessary

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A Poem for the Road

• Each night we will end with a poem at 915
• Our poet tonight is ?
• I will bring a collection of poetry anthologies
  for you to choose from
• You can bring your own too

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Reflection Questions

• Each night we will stop at 920 to reflect on our
  anticipation questions
• Look back at the anticipation questions
• Reflect on your original answers
• Compare your answers with someone you have not
  worked with tonight.
• Make additions and changes as needed