Importance of Comprehension in Social Studies Reading Comprehension

Importance of Comprehension in Social Studies Reading Comprehension Strategies

Why is it important? Research Says So! • • “The explicitness with which teachers teach comprehension strategies makes a difference in learner outcomes, especially for low-achieving students. ” “Explicit instruction provides a clear explanation of the criterion task, encourages students to pay attention, activates prior knowledge, breaks the task into small steps, provides sufficient practice at every step, and incorporates teacher feedback. It is particularly important for the teacher to model the comprehension strategies being taught. Careful and slow fading of the scaffolding is important. ” From the RAND Reading Study Group. (2002). Reading for Understanding Toward an R & D Program in Reading Comprehension. Santa Monica, CA: Snow.

Building Reading Comprehension • Video on Building Comprehension • Workshop 3 Handout

Specific Comprehension Strategies

What do we do with this? • Ideas for our own classrooms

What does this have to do with Social Studies?

What’s to come? • Valuable instructional resources – More on this later!

Resources • • Snow, Catherine E. . "A Research Agenda for Improving Reading Comprehension. " Reading for understanding: toward an R&D program in reading comprehension. Santa Monica, CA: RAND, 2002. 29 -59. Print. "Teaching Reading 3 -5: Session 3: Watch the Video. " Teacher Professional Development and Teacher Resources by Annenberg Media. N. p. , n. d. Web. 1 Dec. 2010. <http: //www. learner. org/workshops/teachreading 35/session 3/sec 2 p 2. html? pop=yes&pid=2188>. "Teaching. LD: Information and Resources for Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities. " Teaching. LD: Information and Resources for Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities. N. p. , n. d. Web. 1 Dec. 2010. <http: //teachingld. org>. * Please note: the imported Power. Point slides are from the U. S. Department of Education website on this slide.