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Connecting to Classroom Comprehension Strategies

Connecting to Classroom Comprehension Strategies. Presented By: Carolyn McNulty, Colleen Manni & Kim Seymour. Retelling and the Four Question Types. Agenda. 9:00 Relating to DRA-2’s and L-Z 9:10 Retelling Strategies with application 9:45 4 Question Types with application

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Connecting to Classroom Comprehension Strategies

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  1. Connecting to Classroom Comprehension Strategies Presented By: Carolyn McNulty, Colleen Manni & Kim Seymour Retelling and the Four Question Types

  2. Agenda 9:00 Relating to DRA-2’s and L-Z 9:10 Retelling Strategies with application 9:45 4 Question Types with application 10:45 Wrap-Up and Feedback Form

  3. Today’s Objectives • To learn to relate comprehension strategies to general education assessments (DRA-2 or L-Z) • To improve comprehension through RETELLING strategies • To build question answering strategies so that students can demonstrate their understanding of text • To recognize that FAST, Reading Apprenticeship and Readers Workshop Model all incorporate nearly the same evidence-based practices for comprehension instruction.

  4. Strategy 1 Retelling

  5. Characteristics of Good Retelling • Uses characters’ names (Characters) • Tells where the story is taking place (Setting) • Follow the events of a story in order (Problem/Solution/Details) • Use time words (first, then, finally, etc.) • Use expression • Use strategies to improve the retelling Kathy Collins Growing Readers

  6. What impedes Retelling? • Poor auditory memory skills • Poor visual memory skills • Poor attention • Poor oral language skills • Poor vocabulary

  7. Improving Retelling • More details elicited (not a summary) • Make into a tactile experience • Visuals to represent story elements • K-2 K.T.

  8. Modeling of Retelling • Listen to Ira Sleeps Over • Fill out graphic organizer • Story Telling Voice

  9. Active Engagement • Break into partners • Partner 1 retells using retelling pieces • Partner 2 uses retelling checklist and marks on it • Switch

  10. Teacher note: great way to assess and apply to DRA retelling rubric

  11. Strategies to Improve Retellings • Utilize graphic organizers/ retelling rubrics • Practice Oral Language required • Supply required vocabulary words, often never used in text by author but required for demonstration of deeper comprehension of text • Look Back in the Text • Paraphrase small chunks of text while reading to improve verbal memory • Picture/Visualize while reading to improve visual memory

  12. Strategy 2 Summarizing, Paraphrasing, The Gist

  13. A Second Type of Retelling:Summary Retelling/Summarizing/Gist Shape Go! Map • More challenging than basic retelling • Limits details to most important parts (synthesizing) setting characters problem Event 1 Event 2 Event 3 Event 4 solution theme

  14. Scaffolding Summarizing/Paraphrasing How often does your student need to use this strategy?

  15. Strategy 3 The Four Question Types

  16. How do teacher’s check for comprehension? Retelling AND Answering Questions CAFE Strategy This is another whole workshop! Asking Questions While Reading

  17. 4 Types of Questions Developed by Jodi Renicker

  18. Active Engagement L-Z Assessment: Level N Excerpt from Silver • Break into group of 4 • Read excerpt from Silver • Label the 4 Questions into the 4 Question Types • Share Out

  19. Example Anchor Charts from Mini-Lessons

  20. Thank You!Please fill out the survey

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