Reading+Comprehension+Strategies

==Link to Reading Comprehension wiki and GSSD Literacy: Comprehension Strategieswebsite. ==

Self Reflection on Reading Comprehension:
Ø What’s the right dosage? How many times a week should you use it? Ø Do you mass or distribute instruction within and across strategies? (put all your emphasis into one strategy until kids get it under control or present a menu of several strategies and revisit them regularly?) Ø How do you help kids make a given strategy their own – so you as a teacher do not have to constantly remind them when, why, and how to use it? Ø How do they learn which strategy to use when? Ø What does the gradual release of responsibility look like in your classrooms? When do we back off and when do we intervene to provide more guidance? Ø How does strategy instruction compete with and fit into everything else in the ELA curriculum? Ø What counts as evidence that students are making progress on internalizing and using the strategy?



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= Professional Resources: = //**[|Reciprocal Teaching at Work (K - 12): Powerful Strategies and Lessons for Improving Reading Comprehension]**// Lori D. Oczkus media type="custom" key="8160266"

Michelle J. Kelley and Niki Clausen-Grace (Note: This professional resource was given to all grade 5 teachers in GSSD)
 * //Comprehension Shouldn't Be Silent: From Strategy Instruction toStudent Independence//**

//**Guided Comprehension in Grade 3 - 8**// Maureen McLaughlin and Mary Beth Allen

Overview, Lesson Plans, Webinars and Podcasts (free)
 * //Reading Comprehension Overview//**: International Reading Association website

//**Building Reading Comprehension Habits in Grade 6-12: A Toolkit of Classroom Activities**// Jeff Zwiers

//**Quality Comprehension: A Strategic Model of Reading Instruction Using Read Along Guides, Grade 3-6**// Sandra K. Athans and Denise Ashe Devine

//**Mosaic of Thought: The Power of Comprehension Strategy Instruction**// Ellin Oliver Keene and Susan Zimmermann

//**The Comprehension Toolkit: Grade 3-6**// Stephanie Harvey and Ann Goudvis

//**Four Powerful Strategies for Struggling Readers for Grade 3-8: Small group Instruction that Improves Comprehension**// Lois A. Lanning