Chapter Book Recommendations Chapter books make great read-alouds! Teaching Characterization Tips and Tricks Characterization occurs when an author uses details to teach about a character.
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Reading comprehension is a challenge… to say the least! We can teach students to understand what they read by being clear ourselves about the differences between comprehension strategies and comprehension skills.
When a teacher refers to teaching reading comprehension I notice many times they resort to instructing students to complete comprehension tasks. An example of such a task could be comparing two versions of a fable, or sequencing a narrative, or inferring meaning from a photograph. Comprehension skills can be thought of as exercises that a reader is often asked or assigned to complete to reflect on or demonstrate understanding after a text has been read.
They are often straightforward and designed to address questions students are expected to answer about a text and manifest tangible results that are easy to assess or grade.
You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. In everything that my students and I do together, we strive to find ways to use reading and writing to make the world outside of our classroom a better place for all of us to be. Unconventional Wisdom and uses of Literacy based on life outside the box Skip to content Throughout my teaching career, there was something that I always had trouble wrapping my head around: the difference between a skill and strategy.
Here are three others that I recently came across: 1. The student has trouble with this skill and I can break that task down into steps: First , ask yourself what this passage is all about.
Then , decide what the author is trying to tell you about that topic. Next , ask yourself if this is something that the entire passage focuses on, or just a small part. Finally , ask yourself what details you can find to support that idea. So, where do I go from here? What have you thought about on this topic? I would love to hear your ideas or musings. Like this: Like Loading And a few words of advice…. We need to be as mindful as we can about skills and strategies for our kids.
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