Welcome to “Reading: A Novel Approach”

1. Welcome to “Reading: A Novel Approach” Presented by Jodi Daniel and Jennifer Mullen 5th Grade Teachers at Rosa Lee Carter Elementary School

2. Define reading comprehension • Share reading strategies you can use with your child during reading. • Give you some hands-on tools to use with your child, to assist them with reading comprehension. Goals

3. The vertebral vein commences in the occipital region, by numerous small tributaries, from the deep muscles at the upper and back part of the neck; these pass outwards and enter the foramen in the transverse process of the atlas, and descend, forming a dense plexus around the vertebral artery, in the canal formed by the foramina in the transverse processes of the cervical vertebrae. From Gray’s Anatomy by Henry Gray, F.R.S.

4. "The text is describing a picture to you as a reader. If you don't see the picture, you're not understanding the text." From Text Savvy: Using a Shared Reading Framework to Build Comprehension by Sarah Daunis and Maria CassianiIams

5. "When proficient readers finish a text, they can tell you, in a few words, what the text was mostly about and the ideas they had about the text." From Text Savvy: Using a Shared Reading Framework to Build Comprehension by Sarah Daunis and Maria CassianiIams

6. Insert reading strategies paper here

8. Suggestions for sticky notes • Questions about characters • Opinions about characters • Something about the character’s personality • Important things from the story • Things you’re confused about • Things you wonder about • Connections to your life/things you can relate to • Connections with other books or to movies • What you think might happen • What you hope happens • Emotions about the story • Thoughts about the author • Words you don’t know • Something you like in the story • Something you don’t like

9. "Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift." — Kate DiCamillo