1. Carmen S. Concepcion Jennifer Escandell

2.  Introductions  Great Expectations  Objectives  Explicit Instruction  Think Alouds - Research  Think Alouds in Action - Demonstrations  Think Alouds in Action - Application  Closing Activity

3.  Work with your elbow partners to review the agenda and discuss your expectations for this session.  Share your expectations.

4.  Review what we have accomplished throughout the session.  Check-off the topics we have addressed, and note the areas for which more training may be needed.

5. Provide participants with a flexible technique for giving the right kind of help to their students, assistance that will help their students become confident, motivated, and engaged readers.

6. …the most powerful thing we can teach is strategic knowledge, a knowledge of the procedures people use to learn, to think, to read, and to write. Dr. Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, Improving Comprehension with Think-Aloud Strategies, 2001, p. 7

7. Components of Reading Test Performance

8. Components of Reading Test Preparation

9.  Zone of Actual Development - Independence This zone is defined by what the child can do on her own without any kind of assistance.  Zone of Proximal Development – Instruction In this zone, students can do with help what they cannot do alone. Dr. Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, Improving Comprehension with Think-Aloud Strategies, 2001, p. 10

10. Teacher Does/Students Watch Step 1: Modeling of Strategy Teacher Does/Student Helps Step 2: Apprenticeship of Use Students Do/Teacher Helps Step 3: Scaffolding Strategy Use Students Do/Teacher Watches Step 4: Independent Use The Steps of Passing Strategic Expertise to Students

11. A think-aloud of reading is creating a record, either through writing or talking aloud, of the Strategic decision-making and interpretive processes of going through a text, reporting everything the reader is aware of noticing, doing, seeing, feeling, asking, and understanding as she reads. A think-aloud involves talking about the reading strategies you are using and the content of the piece you are reading. Dr. Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, Improving Comprehension with Think-Aloud Strategies, 2001, p. 19

12.  Make and revise predictions.  Determine the meanings of unknown words.  Use prior knowledge to make sense of the story.  Visualize (e.g., settings, events, characters).  Assume the role of a character.  Reread and use fix-up strategies.  Think, “What is this writer trying to tell me?”  Summarize sections of the text.

13. Teacher models thinking aloud Students thinking aloud with teacher prompting (interactive) Students thinking aloud independently

14.  Readers must be selective and have a purpose.  Skim selection first.  Reread each paragraph and underline.  Underline selectively, not entire sentences.  Choose key words and phrases.  Justify with a partner.

15. In your group, match the definitions to the strategies used by proficient readers. Share with the whole group. I Have, You Have

16. Before Reading During Reading After Reading

19. If we give our developing readers the right kinds of help then they can and will learn to be better readers. Dr. Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, Improving Comprehension with Think-Aloud Strategies, 2001, p. 15

21. THINKALOUDTHINKALOUD

22. Please note that you leave this session with: › Good notes to use for think-alouds › Think Aloud bookmarks › Other print and online resources in your handouts Thank you for coming! Please fill out the evaluation form.

23. List three big ideas from today’s in-service. List two ways you plan to share this information with your teachers that will impact instruction and student learning. List one question you still have. Reflection: 3-2-1

24. Florida Online Reading Professional Development http://www.forpd.ucf.edu Beers, K. (2003). When Kids Can’t Read What Teachers Can Do. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemen. Blachowics, C, & Ogle, D. (2001). Reading Comprehension: Strategies for Independent Learners. New York, NY: The Guilford Press. Caroselli, M. (1998). Great Session Openers, Closers & Energizers. New York: MacGraw-Hill. Farstrup, A. E., & Samuels S. J. (2002). What Research Has to Say About Reading Instruction. Newark, DE: International Reading Association. Harvey, S. & Goudvis, A. (2007). Strategies that work: Teaching comprehension for understanding and engagement. Portland, ME: Stenhouse. Tierney, R. J., & Readence, J. E. (2000). Reading strategies and practices: A compedium. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon. Wilhelm, J. D. (2001). Improving comprehension with think-aloud strategies. New York, NY: Scholastic. Resources

25. Carmen Concepcion cconcepc@mail.ucf.edu cconcepc@mail.ucf.edu Jennifer Escandell jescande@mail.ucf.edu Contact Information