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Comprehension Strategy Instruction
The First Read
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.
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
“First Read” Procedures• A Concept/Question Board is accessible to the
students.
• Teacher models strategies using suggestions in the teacher’s 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.)
“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.
Grade Level Data
Big Picture – Key ConceptsKindness 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
OCR Strategies
Clarifying
Asking Questions
Predicting
Student Anthology
Read the story through keeping the Big
Idea and the Link to the Theme in mind.
OCR 2000,Student AnthologyPages 180 - 195
OCR 2002,Student AnthologyPages 138 - 153
High Level Questioning Strategies
• Level 1 Knowledge
• Level 2 Comprehension
• Level 3 Application
• Level 4 Analysis
• Level 5 Evaluation
Key Stopping Points
Why limit strategy use
in this selection to 5 to 6 opportunities?
Discussion
Why should stopping points for comprehension strategy instruction be limited during the first
read of a selection?
Discussion – 5 Minutes
The number of strategy uses will be dependent upon:
Genre
Story Length
Density
Gradual Release of Responsibility
“I’m on the other side of the river when I
realize the students never got in the boat!”
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.
Post -Its
• On Your Own
Share-out
Share your thinking, strategies and questions with your small group.
Strategy stopping points in OCR
• Compare
• Question
• Discuss
Showcase Lesson
• As a group, choose 5-6 stopping points that showcase your groups best thinking.
Home-Expert Group Share-out
• Count off 1-15
• Find the other people with the same # and share your Showcase Lesson
• 15 minutes
Gradual Release of Responsibility
How Do we Incorporate Teaching Comprehension Strategies into
IWT?
Intensive
Strategic
ELLs
Be prepared to share your group’s ideas.
Home Group
• How will you share these ideas and new information with your school?
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?