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Comprehension is not a Commodity

Our job as teachers is to enhance understanding. Too many times, we view comprehension as a checklist item. It\'s not.

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Comprehension is not a Commodity

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  1. Comprehensionis nota Commodity!

  2. TO UNDERSTAND

  3. Inferring Imaging Questioning Monitoring Synthesizing Using Schema Det. Importance

  4. In Most Schools… Here is what our Readers do…

  5. 1. Take a Test

  6. 2. A New Dot

  7. 3. A Party

  8. 4. We Kiss a Pig

  9. Is this what REAL readers do?

  10. It’s what real readers do…

  11. Reading • Writing • Thinking • Listening • Viewing • Speaking • Investigating • Collaborating

  12. Comprehensionis nota Commodity!

  13. The process of reading is not a half sleep… Walt Whittman The reader must be ACTIVE.

  14. ACTIVE Literacy

  15. 3 Goals Lessons: In Comprehension Comprehending Classroom Defining Understanding

  16. Comprehending Classroom • Purposeful Talk • Independent Study • Reflection

  17. PURPOSEFUL Talk

  18. Instead of…

  19. How about… • Genre • Craft • Strategies • Behaviors

  20. Reflection 22

  21. Lessons in Comprehension • Go Deep • React • Respond • Reflect

  22. Response to Text

  23. Retell

  24. Answer “Our” Questions!

  25. Complete Graphic Organizers

  26. Extension “Activity”

  27. Draw “Aloud”

  28. Topic (theme): Friendship

  29. The“Dinner Party”

  30. Going Deep

  31. “Book Scene Investigation” B. S. I.

  32. Enactment Strategies

  33. React and Respond

  34. Outside Inside

  35. Friends Children Family Angela Maiers Teachers Readers Angela

  36. NCLB

  37. Reflect

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