Chapter 3,4, &7
Assessment, Comprehension, and Background Knowledge
Gradual Release Framework
- Teacher explains and models how to do a particular strategy
Guided Practice(2)
-Students and Teachers working together
-Large group conversations
Collaborative Practice(3)
-Students sharing their mental process
-Teacher checks in with different groups and guides if necessary
Independent Practice (4)
-Students try to replicate strategies they've learned
-Students receive feedback from the teacher and other students on their work
Application of Strategy in Authentic Reading Situations (5)
-Students are then asked to implicate different strategies that they have learned in class into a variety of situations
Tips for reading comprehension
- Reading aloud
-Interactive reading aloud
-Lifting Text
-Guided Discussion
-Rereading
Connecting to Background Knowledge
2. Connect the material to other literature for students to see more examples
3. Students scribe what they have noticed about a particular piece of literature and have them compare with their peers.
-Allows for a deeper and more concrete understanding and comprehension of the material