Comprehension%20Strategy%20Instruction

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Comprehension Strategy Instruction

• The First Read

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Purpose of First Read

• Purpose To turn the responsibility for using
  comprehension strategies over to the students as
  soon as possible to improve their learning
  performance and to discuss the connection of the
  stories to the theme.

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Jigsaw

• 1 Strategies that Work, pp. 1 - 8
• 2 Strategies that Work, pp. 8 - 14
• 3 Strategies that Work, pp. 15 20
• 4 Strategies that Work, pp.20 26
• 5 Strategies that Work, pp.27 34
• 6 Strategies that Work, pp.34 - 41

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First Read Procedures

• A Concept/Question Board is accessible to the
  students.
• Teacher models strategies using suggestions in
  the teachers guide from Link to the Theme (Found
  in Unit Overview-Exploring the Theme Chart). Also
  consider Theme Connections Think About It at
  the end of the selection.
• Teacher reads orally to student in a shared read.
  
• Teacher models strategy use.
• Teacher gradually releases use of strategies to
  students. (As students become fluent, proficient
  readers they may read the selection independently
  and use the strategies themselves.)

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First Read Procedures (Cont.)

• Students are actively involved during reading.
• Students discuss strategies used during reading
  that helped them understand the story.
• Students return to and discuss clues and
  problems.
• Students discuss the selection beyond a
  knowledge/recall level.
• Students add new ideas and questions to the
  Concept/Question Board.

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Grade Level Data
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Big Picture Key Concepts

• Kindness Objectives

OCR 2000 OCR 2002
Standards Standards
Exploring the Theme pp. 148-149 Exploring the Themes pp. 106 - 107
Link to the Theme pp. 149A - 149B Link to the Theme pp. 107A 107B
Selection Concepts - pp.180B Inquiry Connections pp.138B
Theme Connection pp.197 Theme Connection pp.155
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OCR Strategies

• Clarifying
• Asking Questions
• Predicting

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Student Anthology

• Read the story through keeping the Big
• Idea and the Link to the Theme in mind.

OCR 2000, Student Anthology Pages 180 - 195
OCR 2002, Student Anthology Pages 138 - 153
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High Level Questioning Strategies

• Level 1 Knowledge
• Level 2 Comprehension
• Level 3 Application
• Level 4 Analysis
• Level 5 Evaluation

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Key Stopping Points

• Why limit strategy use
• in this selection to 5 to 6 opportunities?

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Discussion

• Why should stopping points for comprehension
  strategy instruction be limited during the first
  read of a selection?
• Discussion 5 Minutes

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The number of strategy uses will be dependent
upon

• Genre
• Story Length
• Density

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Gradual Release of Responsibility

• Im on the other side of the river when I
• realize the students never got in the boat!

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You were just hired as a writer for

• Which strategy will most efficiently get us to
  the Big Picture ?
• Choose one strategy as a group.

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Post -Its

• On Your Own

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Share-out

• Share your thinking, strategies and questions
  with your small group.

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Strategy stopping points in OCR

• Compare
• Question
• Discuss

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Showcase Lesson

• As a group, choose 5-6 stopping points that
  showcase your groups best thinking.

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Home-Expert Group Share-out

• Count off 1-15
• Find the other people with the same and share
  your Showcase Lesson
• 15 minutes

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Gradual Release of Responsibility
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How Do we Incorporate Teaching Comprehension
Strategies into IWT?

• Intensive
• Strategic
• ELLs
• Be prepared to share your groups ideas.

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Home Group

• How will you share these ideas and new
  information with your school?

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Reflection

• New Learning
• What worked?
• What could we improve?
• What questions do you still have?
• What are your next steps for personal growth?
• What are your next steps at your school site?