READ…..WHAT!?

TEXT

TEXT--at the Heart of Learning to Read and Reading to Learn

“Texts are Central to the act of reading. Children can learn a great deal about the language and content of texts through listening to experienced readers read texts aloud; however, unless children’s eyes are marking contact with print and translating that print into meaning, they can’t be described as reading…..” (p. 1)FromFinding the Right Texts: What Works for Beginning and Struggling Readers. Edited by Elfrieda H. Hierbert and Misty Sailors, The Guilford Press, 2009

Text is Read in a Context

Central to the process of learning to read and reading to learn is a context where there is meaningful talk and authentic tasks.

Meaning and authenticity are learner specific.

Reader-text matching is critical and complex.

TASK

TEXT

TALK

More to come….