Foundations of Research-Based Reading EPI Instructor Shannon Ayrish or Course Times Tuesday and Thursday 5:30-9:30 May 13- June 19 Day 8

Anticipation Questions Please answer the questions Don’t use your book These answers should be what you anticipate now We will revisit the questions at the end of class to clarify our understanding We will turn these questions in at the end of class

Things to Remember Please sign-inPlease sign-in Put out your name tentPut out your name tent Turn in your Anticipation Questions/GuidesTurn in your Anticipation Questions/Guides Article Summary due June 5 due todayArticle Summary due June 5 due today Discussion board responses due June 10 along with the individual lesson planDiscussion board responses due June 10 along with the individual lesson plan

Website of the Day Busy Teacher’s Café AdLit.org

Review Comprehension Graphic organizers Comprehension monitoring and fix-ups Answer Questions Generate Questions Story Structure or text features Summary Activating or connecting to prior knowledge (making connections) Inferences (predictions) Visual Imagery Listening Actively

Video on Content Area Strategies As you watch the video make a list of activities that employ the comprehension strategies we have discussed Save this list and we will add to it after the video.

Review Comprehension With your partner use sticky notes to write what you think each of the comprehension strategies would look like (activities to employ the strategy) Use your video list Use the books that I have passed out Place sticky notes on the poster that matches the ten main comprehension strategies that the NRP has discussed.

Comprehension Scrapblogs Go to Create a user account Make a scrapblog for the poster the group generated. You can work with your partner We will publish them on the wiki Watch and I will show you how to do it

Accessible Texts Refer to Chapter 4 Real Rigor Use sticky notes to make Margin Magnets Each sticky note should give the main idea of the chapter sub-headings We will discuss our ideas as a group when we are done

Accessible Text Provide a choice of reading material Demonstrate how your content connects to the real world Give students the opportunity to read proactive text Don’t expect the textbook to do your job

Instruction Purpose Decide what students should know after reading a text. Focus on the essential information only

Anticipate Difficulty Ask… Are students lacking background knowledge? Will difficult vocabulary interfere with meaning? Will difficult concepts need to be explained further? Is the text about challenging subject matter? Is the text organized in a confusing manner?

Model How You Would Do It Try think out loud at one place where you think the students will have difficulty Give them tips on how to negotiate that part. Refer them to fix-up strategies

Now What? What do you want students to do with the information they have read? How will they hold their thinking so they can return to it later? Will you have them write a paper, have a discussion or create a project?

Model Show them how they should hold their thinking and provide tools –Graphic organizers –Sticky Note –Note taking devices What are some other ideas for modeling?

Setting Purpose for Reading Be selective about what kids read –Only the best parts Be specific about your instructional purpose –Give students a lens for reading Decide how your students will use what they are reading –Explain how the information will be used

Your Turn Using your individual lesson plan or one from your group unit… Complete the Instructional Focus sheet We will discuss them when we are finished

Group Projects Work for 15 minutes in your final assignment groups Make sure you have employed techniques that set instructional focus Make revisions as necessary

A Poem for the Road Each night we will end with a poem at 9:15 Our poet tonight is ? I will bring a collection of poetry anthologies for you to choose from You can bring your own too

Reflection Questions Each night we will stop at 9:20 to reflect on our anticipation questions Look back at the anticipation questions Reflect on your original answers Compare your answers with someone you have not worked with tonight. Make additions and changes as needed