I started thinking the other day about how much has been written lately about getting kids to use their strategies as they read. We want them to use these strategies to make sense of text and to help them get unstuck when they get stuck. In one 5th grade class, the teacher and I have [...]
Posts Tagged ‘comprehension’
Feeling strategies at work
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged comprehension, independence, reading, strategies on November 29, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Inferring themes and more
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged comprehension, inferring, interactive read aloud, reading, strategies on November 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The classroom teacher of the 5th grade class I work in suggested I do the interactive read aloud the other day — my favorite thing! Since this is a Literacy Collaborative school, reading workshop is opened with a ‘readers’ statement,’ (a short statement about something readers do that helps anchor our instruction and focus our [...]
