8P202014-15

Reading 1: Text Complexity &

Reading Comprehension Strategies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abN2aP_Dzd0

Reading Engagement

Group Task

• Locate the article “Reading Choice is Reading Engagement,” p.16

• Break up the reading into segments• Each person reads the same segment silently

(if you finish before others jot down notes)• Group discusses the segment• Go on to the next segment. Repeat process

until finished

If your group finishes early…

• Read:– First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Education 101, p. 12

OR

– Connect, Collaborate, and Create with Twitter in the Classroom, p. 26

Forest of Reading

• Would you vote for your novel in the Forest of Reading contest?– What did you love about your book?– What were some drawbacks?

– On Nov. 4/5 your group will be giving a short promo for your novel. Begin to think how you could promote your book creatively!!

Text Complexity

• Should teachers select the correct * book for students so that they will not experience frustration?

*appropriate reading level

How is reading complex text like lifting weights?

Text Complexity

“Just as it’s impossible to build muscle without weight or resistance, it’s impossible to build robust reading skills without reading challenging text.”

Shanahan, Fisher, & Frey, 2012

“The new standards propose that teachers move students purposefully through increasingly complex text to build skill and stamina.”

Shanahan et al., 2012.

Text Complexity

Sharon Murphy• Reader & reading task• Surface features

– Vocabulary, word length, sentence length, images

• Deeper features– Ideas, organization, structure,

representational modes

Lapp, Fisher, Grant• Vocabulary• Comprehension strategies• Text structures• Text features

Reading Comprehension Strategies

• A quick review:

– Notebook software• Gallery– Lesson Activity Toolkit» Activities• Keyword Match

Teaching for Reading Comprehension

• Harvey, S. & Goudvis, A. (2007). Strategies that Work: Teaching Comprehension for Understanding and Engagement. (LB 1573.7 H37 2007 in SC IRC)

• Dorn, L. & Soffos, C. (2005). Teaching for Deep Comprehension: A Reading Workshop Approach. (in process LB 1573.7 D67 2005 )

Table Discussion

• Engage in a discussion about the comprehension strategies you used as readers when you read the novel

• How did monitoring your comprehension help or hinder your reading?

• Would you ask your students to monitor their own strategies as they read?

Task for Week 7

• From the reading comprehension strategies indicated in the next slide have each person choose one

• Find 4 specific places in your novel where this strategy could be reinforced

• Complete the assignment sheet, including the summary statement at the bottom

• Hand in (not Drop Box) on Oct. 21/22

Comprehension Strategies

• Activating prior knowledge• Making connections: text-to-self; text-to-text;

text-to-world• Predicting• Visualizing• Questioning• Drawing inferences• Evaluating