I Read It, But I Don

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I Read It, But I Dont Get ItByCris Tovani

• Presentation By
• Erin Gantz
• Michelle Mimikos
• Stacy Randolf

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What is this about?

• Cris Tovanis experience as a reading workshop
  teacher
• Developing reading comprehension skills for
  students
• Helping students move from fake reading to
  meaningful reading

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Overview and Goals

• Redefine reading for the struggling student
• Use existing knowledge to make sense of new
  information
• Ask questions about the text before, during, and
  after reading
• Draw inferences from the text
• Monitor their comprehension
• Use fix-up strategies when meaning breaks down
• Determine what is important
• Synthesize information to create new thinking
• Give teachers tools to help students who have
  comprehension problems--ways to bring the above
  list into the classroom

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Organization

• Part 1 Introductory Chapters
• Fake reading
• Different types of struggling readers
• Redefining reading

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Organization (cont.)

• Part 2 Strategies and Anecdotes
• Identifying purpose for reading
• Paying attention to your inner voice during
  reading
• Repairing confusion
• Making connections during reading--annotation
• Asking questions to facilitate learning and
  making connections to the real world
• Differentiating inferences and opinions (not
  supporting ideas through textual evidence)
• Why teach strategies?

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Organization (cont.)

• Part 3 Suggested Tools and Resources
• Double-entry diaries
• Comprehension constructors
• Questioning and connecting worksheets
• Coding sheets
• Pre-reading strategies
• Connection strategies
• Reading reflections

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Underlying Beliefs

• Making connections is essential to comprehension
• Any reader can become a successful reader
• Comprehension strategies are used by every reader
• Purposeful reading creates meaningful ideas

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How Do We Use This?

• Aimed towards 6-12 grade teachers of reading
• Best used when there is a focus classroom or
  student
• Helpful ready-to-use resources and handouts
• Useful teaching points