1. Welcome Back from Lunch! A couple of videos to get us going…A couple of videos to get us going… –Left Brain, Right Brain Dancer Left Brain, Right Brain DancerLeft Brain, Right Brain Dancer –Selective Attention Test (ball tossing) (this video is better than the one I showed at the presentation!) Selective Attention Test (ball tossing)Selective Attention Test (ball tossing)

2. Quick Story The interviewThe interview

3. Sesame Street story From The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

4. http://www.nickjr.com/kids-videos/blues-clues- kids-videos.html http://www.nickjr.com/kids-videos/blues-clues- kids-videos.html

5. How Vocabulary Ties Into Background Knowledge and Comprehension Children’s vocabulary knowledge closely reflects their breadth of real-life and vicarious experiences.

6. Improving Adolescent Literacy Effective Classroom and Intervention Practices

7. Tier 1 into Tier 2 Demo Comprehension Strategy: Creating a mental image (visualizing)Comprehension Strategy: Creating a mental image (visualizing) Core Text: DragonwingsCore Text: Dragonwings Guided Reading Text:Guided Reading Text: Always have a purpose for reading. Always.

8. Building Comprehension… Before Reading Build backgroundBuild background Highlight vocabularyHighlight vocabulary Use graphic organizersUse graphic organizers Predict through vocabularyPredict through vocabulary

9. During Reading Think AloudThink Aloud Check for understandingCheck for understanding Develop/question vocabularyDevelop/question vocabulary Encourage responsesEncourage responses Relate to self, text and worldRelate to self, text and world

10. After Reading Writing: response, extension, report, journal entryWriting: response, extension, report, journal entry DiscussionDiscussion Comprehension discussionComprehension discussion Extension activities beyond writing and speakingExtension activities beyond writing and speaking Literature Circles (student-led, independent)Literature Circles (student-led, independent) Read related bookRead related book –Genre –Theme –Moral –Character or author, etc. What is the real comprehension problem? http://www.readingrockets.org/article/278http://www.readingrockets.org/article/278

11. Lesson Planning Standard/Comprehension StrategyStandard/Comprehension Strategy Model in Tier 1 carry to Tier 2Model in Tier 1 carry to Tier 2 Students must write in some form everydayStudents must write in some form everyday Tasks are timed for focus/accountabilityTasks are timed for focus/accountability

12. Research Choices http://reading.ecb.org/teacher/makingconnecti ons/index.htmlhttp://reading.ecb.org/teacher/makingconnecti ons/index.htmlhttp://reading.ecb.org/teacher/makingconnecti ons/index.htmlhttp://reading.ecb.org/teacher/makingconnecti ons/index.html Activating Prior Knowledge StrategiesActivating Prior Knowledge Strategies Comprehension questioning strategiesComprehension questioning strategies Visualization techniquesVisualization techniques http://www.readwritethink.org/professional- development/strategy-guides/question-author- 30761.htmlhttp://www.readwritethink.org/professional- development/strategy-guides/question-author- 30761.htmlhttp://www.readwritethink.org/professional- development/strategy-guides/question-author- 30761.htmlhttp://www.readwritethink.org/professional- development/strategy-guides/question-author- 30761.html

13. Resources: Beck, Isabel, McKeowon, M, & Kucan, L, (2002). Bringing Words to Life: Robust Vocabulary Instructiion, Guilford. Bos, C.S., & Vaughn, S. (2002). Teaching Students with Learning and Behavior Problems. Boston: Allyn and Bacon. Balajthy, E., & Lipa-Wade, S. (2003). Struggling Readers: Assessment and Instruction in Grades K-6. New York: Guilford Press. Catts, H.W., & Kamhi, A.G.. (1999). Language and Reading Disabilities. Boston: Allyn and Bacon. Cooper, J.D. (2000). Literacy: Helping Children Construct Meaning. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Cunningham, P., & Allington, R.L. (2003). Classrooms that Work: They can all read and write. New York: Harper Collins.

14. Resources: Freeman, Yvonne & Freeman, D. (1994). Between Worlds: Access to Second Language Acquisition. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. Lehr, Fran, Osborn, J. & Herbert, E. (2003)A Focus on Vocabulary, Pacific Resources for Education and Learning Peregoy, S., & Boyle, O. (2001). Reading, Writing and Learning in ESL: A Resource Book for K-12 Teachers. New York: Longman. Rupley, William H, John Logan, & William Nichols (2003) Vocabulary Instruction in a Balanced Reading Program, EBSCO. Put Reading First: The Research Building Blocks for Teaching Children to Read (2001). The Partnership for Reading: National Institute for Literacy; National Institute for Child Health and Human Development; and the U.S. Department of Education.