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Guiding Comprehension: Teaching for Meaning 3
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Feedback
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Comprehension Strategies
inferring
connecting
skimming
creating images
comparing
determining importance
summarising
self questioningpredicting
synthesising
scanning
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3 Levels of Comprehension
Creating imagesSkimming/scanning
Consulting a referenceSelf questioning
SynthesisingDetermining importance
Paraphrasing/summarisingSelf questioning
ConnectingComparing
InferringPredicting
LITERAL
INFERENTIAL
EVALUATIVE
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What do good readers do?
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Synthesising symbol
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Synthesising
• Synthesizing is the most complex of the comprehension strategies
• Teaches reader to stop every so often and think about what they have read
• Each additional piece of information enhances readers understanding and allows better construction of meaning
• Synthesising is the “glue” that holds all strategies together
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Gradual Release of Responsibility Role of the Teacher
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Role of the Student
ModellingThe teacher demonstrates and explains the reading strategy being introduced. This is achieved by thinking aloud the mental processes used when using the strategy
The students participate by actively attending to the demonstrations.
SharingThe teacher continues to demonstrate the use of the strategy with a range of texts inviting students to contribute ideas and information.
Students contribute ideas and begin to practise the use of the strategy in whole-class situations.
GuidingThe teacher provides scaffolds for students to use the strategy. Teacher provides feedback.
Students work with help from the teacher and peers to practise the use of the strategy using a variety of texts.
ApplyingThe teacher offers support and encouragement as necessary.
The students work independently to apply the strategy in context across the curriculum.
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Strategies in Action
Whole class approach
(Modelling & Shared)
Book Discussion Group
(Guided & Applying)
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Predicting
• I think this story is about……
• I predict that ……
Creating Images
• When I read this I can see I can smell, hear, taste, touch………
Determining Importance
• The main points are………
Inferring
• I think that ……… he is thinking this because ……
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• Synthesising is like piecing together all the pieces of a Jigsaw. On their own each piece will only give you a little insight. You need all the pieces/strategies together to fully understand the story
• We need to stop and think – to give our brains time to sort all the information we have gathered by using our strategies.
• Synthesis is the glue that holds all the strategies together
Bringing it all together!
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Variables of Comprehension
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Prior Knowledge
Word Identification
Skills
Reading Fluency
Vocabulary Development
Motivation
Decoding Skills Personal
Engagement
Comprehension Strategies
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Gill’s Questions• What do my students know
about this topic?• What specific terms or
concepts do they needs to understand before they can understand this passage?
• How can I get my students interested in this topic?
• What purpose can I provide for the reading?
• What activities will help my students engage in this text?
• How can I help my students understand the vocabulary and concepts in the text?
• Do parts of this text allow for purposeful repeated readings?
• Are there words that lend themselves to being decoded?
• Is there potential for teaching word identification strategies in this text?
• What strategies do my students need to learn?
• What strategies can I demonstrate with this particular text?
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Sample Lesson Plan Involving Several Variables!
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School Self-Evaluation
What Why
How Who
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SCOT Analysis: Comprehension
1.Variety of reading
2.Some staff - CPD in Comprehension
3.Standardised test results
1.Multiple copies of Books unavailable in school
2.Parental engagement
3.They preformed least well in the comprehension section of the standardised test.
1.Harness expertise on staff.
2.Develop a core group of parents.
1.Whole school commitment to this?
2.Finances?
3.Shared understanding of what comprehension actually is?
STRENGTHS
THREATS
CONCERNS
OPPORTUNITIES
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Planning-whole school approach
• 2 strategies per term? 2 year cyclical plan
• What resources are needed?
• Display strategies in classes
• Use GRR model across whole school
• Discuss use of texts and integration opportunities and
put them into planning (increased time circular
056/2011)
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Shared Reading
BedTime Story Night
CAPER
Reading Partners
Peer Tutoring
Building Bridges of Understanding
Story Sacks
Reader’s Theatre
Guided Reading
Kid’s Talk
Literacy Lift Off
One Book, One Community
Whole School Reading Initiatives
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