Responsive Readers Jen Boysko Krystle Herrin Rachel Tyson

Responsive Readers Jen Boysko Krystle Herrin Rachel Tyson UNCC Reading M. Ed graduate students

What does research say about comprehension? • Dependent readers fail to see reading as an active process. • More critical for dependent readers to talk about the text during the reading than after it. • Teachers must pull the invisible process of comprehension out to the visible level. (Beers, 2003)

Think Aloud • Provides struggling readers with a structure to teach them how to dialogue with the text • Allows for interaction with the text & self monitoring of understanding • As students are using this strategy they are: predicting, visualizing, making comparisons, repairing comprehension problems, commenting connecting, & questioning

Say Something • Interrupts a student's reading giving them a chance to think about what they are reading • Allows for interaction and responses with peers during text reading • Students are able to change roles and practice thinking aloud or responding to partners comments • Helps students make comments, predictions, connections and clarify understanding of text while reading

ABC charts • Variety of uses- vocabulary, compare/contrast, main ideas for chapters/novels • Allows for interactive reading and note taking • Students record VERY brief notes under the corresponding letter.

Probable Passage • reinforce knowledge and understanding by using key concepts, predictions, and writing • apply knowledge of story structures, as well as inferencing abilities, to predict the content of the selections • collaborative approach allows opportunity for students to engage in listening, speaking, reading, and writing • allows the teacher to emphasize vocabulary, comprehension, and writing within a single lesson

Additional “During” Reading Strategies • • Double Entry Journals Logographic Cues Bookmarks Syntax Surgery Signal Words Somebody Wanted to But So Talking Drawings

Websites for Comprehension www. adlit. org/strategy_library http: //www. teachervision. fen. com/ www. readwritethink. org http: //www. edu. gov. on. ca/eng/teachers/student success/think. html

Contact Information • Jen Boysko jennifer. boysko@cms. k 12. nc. us • Krystle Herrin krystle. herrin@stanlycountyschools. org • Rachel Tyson rtyson 3@uncc. edu • Dr. Adriana Medina amedina 1@uncc. edu