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25+ Reading Comprehension Strategies
Monday, February 28th, 2011 | Author:

children-silhouette-clip-artToday I am sharing a link to a site that I have been developing to share with teachers as we try a number of diverse strategies to help our students become more effective readers. The site includes information about more than 25 reading strategies. Each annotated strategy I included on the site is categorized as a strategy that students could use before, during, or after reading. I have also linked users to videos, PowerPoints, and additional information about each strategy. Click on the image below to link to my Reading Strategies for All Ages site. Please use the comment link at the bottom of this post to share successful reading strategies you have used in your classrooms. We all benefit (and so do your students) when you share your expertise!

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Guided Reading Materials
Thursday, April 01st, 2010 | Author:

I have been developing a lot of workshops lately, so blogging has sometimes taken a back seat. Today I am posting the PowerPoint and some of the handouts I recently developed for a Guided Reading workshop I recently delivered in one of my schools. I hope you find them helpful. The workshop gave me a wonderful opportunity to work with some great teachers in our area. I miss my PLN interaction, but certainly enjoy the face-to-face interactions I am having as I get to know teachers in our area!

GUIDED READING

Guided reading has many of the same elements as shared reading.  However,  it is conducted with a smaller number of students and the focus is more on the individual reading need of each child.  During guided reading, teachers work with students at their instructional level to guide them in using the context, visual, and structure cues within stories to generate meaning.  By using instructional level texts that gradually increase in difficulty, students apply strategies in context and feel successful!  While this strategy is often associated with students in the younger grades, it is also very effective when used in an AIS (Academic Intervention Services) setting, as well as with students of any age who are being challenged to read a genre of text they may not be familiar with.


Use the links below to access some of the material I shared during Guided Reading Workshops I facilitated in our region.

Materials posted to Slideshare include: overview materials, reading comprehension posters, and reading comprehension bookmarks. While the embedded file shown below will give you an idea of what the material looks like, you will find the download at Shareware shows better quality and is more complete.

Guided Reading Material

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Guided Reading Material (pdf file) – This file includes overview handouts, Comprehension Posters, and Comprehension bookmarks.

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Literature Circle Workshop
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 | Author:

I recently had the pleasure of working with a group of fifth and sixth grade teachers to deliver a workshop on Literature Circles.  Below you will find some of the information I shared during the workshop.

LITERATURE CIRCLES

“In literature circles, small groups of students gather together to discuss a piece of literature in depth. The discussion is guided by students’ response to what they have read. You may hear talk about events and characters in the book, the author’s craft, or personal experiences related to the story. Literature circles provide a way for students to engage in critical thinking and reflection as they read, discuss, and respond to books. Collaboration is at the heart of this approach. Students reshape and add onto their understanding as they construct meaning with other readers. Finally, literature circles guide students to deeper understanding of what they read through structured discussion and extended written and artistic response.” (this definition was found at The Literature Circle website…visit the site to learn more)

Use the links below to access some of the materials I have shared during Literature Circle Workshops I have facilitated in our region.

The PowerPoint…

Some of the Handouts…

The material includes: Literature Circle overview handouts, label templates for role and question cards (print on regular address labels 3 across and 10 down), role posters, role worksheets. The embedded file does not appear to be showing each page appropriately, but if you download the file from Slideshare it does download intact.

Literature Circle Materials (pdf file) – Overview handouts, Role Sticker Templates, Discussion Sticker Templates, Role Posters, Role Worksheets

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