READ 3204

Fundamentals of Reading InstructionThursday, February 18, 2010

Announcements• How is the LSS project with Voice Thread going?• Mary Lois Staton Conference: How was it? Submit your paper within one

week of attendance • Tar River Reading Council Meeting: Feb. 18th 4:30 @ St. Timothy’s Episcopal

Church• Scholastic Book Order - New brochures (Due date?)• February 23rd – Group 1 LSS Due• February 25th – Second literature circle meeting (complete role sheet with

two discussion questions on the back AND response activity)• Practicum Placements are Available:

– By Thursday, March 4th, submit a “Practicum Interview Protocol and Plan,” including your assigned school and teacher, an interview protocol (at least 4 interview questions about his/her beliefs about reading, how s/he teaches reading in her classroom, and what materials s/he typically uses when providing reading instruction), and the date(s)/time(s) you have arranged to complete your practicum experience.

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Review

Debrief: Literature Circles for Listen to the WindOpen-ended questions vs. explicit questionsThink Alouds: Model your thinking about textComprehension strategy instruction: trash

Examine the evidence in order to make inferences about my mystery neighbors. Remember that each inference you make must be directly supported by evidence!

Inferring Stems:My guess is …Maybe …Perhaps …It could be that …This could mean …I predict …I infer …

Next, make the connection to the kids’ reading.

• Remember to be explicit and model.• “You can use inferring when you read stories to

help you understand what the author is suggesting.”

• Authors imply and readers infer.• Looking carefully at the illustrations in picture

books and combining them with words from the text, you can make inferences that can help you better comprehend the text.

Model: Read AloudThe Three Pigs by David Wiesner

• It is a good idea to begin with book covers when modeling inferring.

• Record Inferences:– Quote or picture from

text/Inference• When a student makes an inference,

ask, “How do you know?” “Did the author tell you that?” or “Does the text say that?”

• Encourage connections between the inference and evidence in the text.

Inferring Stems:My guess is …Maybe …Perhaps …It could be that …This could mean …I predict …I infer …

Remember that when you make an inference you use your background knowledge/schema and the text to construct main idea, predict, hypothesize.

Independent Practice

• Gradually release control and let students try it on their own with text.

• Use examples of text that are on their independent level (easy)

Comics

Comics

• He put down $20.00 at the window. The woman behind the window gave him $4.00. The next person gave him $8.00, but he gave it back to her. So, when they went inside, she bought him a large popcorn.

Wordless Picture Books

The Red BookBy Barbara Lehman2004

Keep practicing!

• Provide lots of opportunities over time for kids to see you make inferences with various texts and for kids to try to make inferences with various types of texts.

REVIEWComprehension Strategy instruction*Gradual release of support: provide lots of support initially,

followed by more student independence.*1. Introduction of strategy2. Teacher demonstration of thinking3. Strategy-in-use with text all kids can understand4. Independent practice with text at kids’ independent level5. Application of the strategy repeatedly across a number of

different texts.

Determine Roles for Lit. Circle Meeting #2Henry and the Kite DragonDanielle Cooper Kristin Gates Emily Hinrichs Kristy Morton Katherine Stewart Jessica Bullock

Wangari’s Trees of Peace: A True Story from AfricaKelly Derby Nic OrrisonFaith SuttonKathryn AllenElaina Essey Katie McMahon

One Hen - How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference Leigh Anna TysonMary Shiflet Nicole Craig Mary Sweeney Lindsey FaithfulCortnee Bullock

Give a Goat Katlin Cartwright Nikki Tozzi Taffy Repass-Jones Rebecca Harrell Morgan Heine Lindsay Chapman

The Wall: Growing up Behind the Iron CurtainAbby Fare Lauren Seeman Shannon Leonard Andrea WootenGeorgia Shafer

Ticket Out the Door

• Write down at least one of the following:• A personal connection to the article – be

specific• A text-to-text connection to the article

(another article or textbook) – be specific• An important passage of the article – tell why

For Tuesday …

• Group 1 LSS due

Read AloudScience

Oscar and the Frog by Geoff Waring

A Seed is Sleepy by Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylvia Long

Actual Size by Steve Jenkins