Response to Intervention Strategies for Reading Comprehension

1. Response to InterventionStrategies for Reading Comprehension Judy Brunner www.isolutionsgroup.org 417-300-2482

2. Instructional Targets • Understand what should be a part of every lesson that involves reading • Understand how reading ability varies depending upon background knowledge • Apply the demonstrated strategies to the classroom in order to more actively engage students in the reading process

3. Technique # 1 Retention Rates It’s More Than Just Reading the Material Once

4. Retention RatesWhat Percentage is a Match? • Seeing • Hearing • Experience Personally • Teach to Someone Else • Seeing and Hearing • Reading • Discuss with Others 10% 20% 30% 50% 70% 80% 95%

5. Technique # 2 List Group Label Work with your friend. Look at the list of words and group them in a way that makes sense to you. Make predictions on what you believe will be in the reading.

6. Technique # 3 Conversational Discussion Groups

7. Rules for Conversational Discussion Groups • Speak one at a time and stay on subject • If you say yes/no, state why • Ask questions when discussion is quiet • Let all people talk • Back up ideas with information from the text • Back up ideas with personal experiences

8. Technique # 4 Character Quotes Get into a group of 3-4. Read the quote and make a listing of characteristics you think might describe the character. What would you include in a personality profile?

9. Rules You Will Want to Remember • Teach vocabulary first • Ask students to predict what will be in the text • Always, always, always give students a specific purpose for reading • Break difficult reading into manageable parts • Make sure you have read your own textbook • When possible, use prompts and have students write about what they read

10. Contact Information Judy Brunner Instructional Solutions Group Phone - 417-300-2482 Fax – 417-823-3736 Email – judy@isolutionsgroup.org