Great Resource

Hi All....When I find a phenomenal resource, I like to share it with others!!!
I just came across a great reading strategy resource. The book is organized around five reading strategies (connecting, questioning, visualizing, inferring and transforming) and uses children's literature and includes ideas for the optimum learning model... modeling, practicing, and independent practice. It also has extensive lists of children's books that help teach the above strategies for primary and intermediate readers.

Reading Power
by Adrienne Gear
ISBN #: 1-55138-203-2

Thanks,
Christi

Strategies that Work

Strategies that Work
Chapter 1 Strategic Thinking


• Read Chapter 1 Strategic Thinking from Strategies That Work that was included in your syllabus packet.

• What areas discussed in Strategic Thinking do you feel you do a good/have done a good job modeling and teaching in your classroom? Share any areas of improvements that you would like to focus on.

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Learning from Comprehension Research

Learning from Comprehension Research-
Critical Understandings to Guide our Practices
Chapter 2 by Nell K. Duke and Julia Moorhead Reynolds

In the selected reading section of your syllabus packet, please read chapter two and reflect on the following key questions:

1. Of the seven critical understandings, which do you see reflected in things you are already doing/have done in your classroom? Which need more attention?

2. What do you do/have done in your classroom with vocabulary instruction? What could you do to enhance word consciousness in your classroom?

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To Understand

Chapter 3 by Ellin Oliver Keene

In your syllabus packet (in the selected reading section), please read chapter two and reflect on the following key questions:

1. What is your operating definition of comprehension?

2. What strategies/activities do you use in your classroom to help students think more deeply about what they read?

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Helping Parents Help Us-

Promoting Comprehension Through Parent Involvement
by V. Susan Bennett-Armistead

Your assignment is to read chapter 11 on parent support in your selected reading section of your reading packet.

Please reflect on the following key questions:

1. How might parent involvement efforts improve achievements in reading comprehension?

2. What are the barriers to parent involvement in your community?

3. What are your ideas that would involve parents who traditionally do not get involved at school?

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Sharing Your Love for Reading

As Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis states in Strategies That Work, "one of the best reasons to read a picture book to a group of students is simply because you love it. Sharing our thoughts about why we love a book allows students to get to know us better and shows them how discerning we are about what we read."

Please list your top five books (and author) that you enjoy sharing with your students. Briefly explain why you would recommend them to others in this course.

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School Reading Philosophy

Please tell me about your school/district's reading philosophy. In your response, include what you feel are the strengths and areas that need improvement. This information will be beneficial to me so I can tailor this class to your individual needs.

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