The Keys to Literacy: Comprehension
Research-based Routine for Improving Comprehension
Target Audience
Grades 4-5 elementary teachers,
Grades 6-12 content classroom teachers,
Educators who provide support to struggling readers,
Literacy specialists and coaches,
and grades 4-12 administrators.
Workshop Details & Overview
The Key Comprehension Routine teaches students a foundational set of research-based comprehension strategies that support listening and reading comprehension in any subject area. Teachers learn how to teach strategies using existing content reading and instructional materials. When used across multiple grade levels, students benefit from a consistent approach to comprehension instruction as they move from grade to grade and subject to subject.
The Key Comprehension Routine addresses these topics, strategies and skills:
- Critical thinking: for close, analytic reading of both narrative and expository text
- Main idea skills: categorizing information and vocabulary, identifying main ideas at the paragraph level, and identifying central ideas in lengthier text
- Text structure knowledge: at the sentence, paragraph, and longer text levels
- Top-down topic webs: a graphic organizer that represents the major topics and big ideas of any content that is read, said, or done
- Two-column notes: a note taking format that supports active reading and listening
- Summarizing: students comprehend and synthesize the main ideas from any content that is read, said, or done
- Generating questions: students create and answer questions along a continuum of thinking using Bloom’s Taxonomy based on content that is read, said, or done
- I, We, You instruction: strategies are taught explicitly through modeling and think aloud, guided practice is provided, and scaffolds are gradually released as students become independent users of the strategies
- Cooperative learning: students learn and practice comprehension strategies by working in cooperative pairs or small groups
These strategies and instructional practices have been identified consistently in the research literature as most effective for improving student comprehension, and are highly aligned with Common Core literacy standards.
Essential Information
DATE: A two day event:
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Thursday, February 6, 2020
TIME: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm (Registration begins at 7:30 am)
Lunch: One hour (60 minutes) on your own
Location: Madison-Champaign ESC
2200 S US Highway 68
Urbana, OH, 43078
Credit: 14 Contact Hours Provided by the ESC
Registration Fee
- $230.00 for employees of districts aligned with Madison-Champaign ESC, Midwest Regional ESC, and Clark County ESC.
- $245.00 for all other registrants.
The Keys to Literacy: Comprehension (day 1)
Wednesday, Feb 5, 2020, 08:00 AM
2200 S US Highway 68 Urbana, Ohio, 43078
The Keys to Literacy: Comprehension (day 2)
Food and Beverage: Coffee, bottled water, assorted breakfast bars, and light snacks will be available throughout the day. Soda will be available to purchase from the front office for $0.50 a can. Lunch will be on your own.
What You Should Bring: Participants should bring preferred note-taking materials and writing utensils with them to the session. Materials from Day 1 and any activities / lessons you've attempted.
Our cancellation policy- Due to the cost of materials and the presenter, cancellations must be received prior to 4:00 pm Monday, January 7, 2020. Cancellations received outside of this policy will not be accepted. Attendees and/or employing districts will be billed accordingly.
Thursday, Feb 6, 2020, 08:00 AM
2200 S US Highway 68 Urbana, Ohio, 43078
Madison-Champaign ESC
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Location: 2200 S US Highway 68 Urbana, Ohio, 43078
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