Sharing Knowledge Through Interactive Reading a reading comprehension

Sharing Knowledge Through Interactive Reading a reading comprehension training module

Teachers have so much information to share. How well are you sharing yours with students? Discuss with your neighbor how you share information in your class.

Read handout # 1 and get ready for a pop quiz. 1. What differentiates a plow agricultural system from a hoe agricultural system? 2. Why was there a reduced value placed on women in colonial Virginia? 3. What does the word exigencies mean? 4. What were the Renaissance scientific theories about women and work? 5. How did the skewed sex ratio contribute to failure to diversify?

Let’s list the problems this instructional procedure created.

The Components of Reading Comprehension Instruction Before Reading During Reading After Reading • Setting purpose • Self-Monitoring • Reteaching peers • Activating Prior Knowledge • Self-Correcting • Discussing • Clarifying • Summarizing • Inferring • Writing in Response to Reading • Predicting • Questioning • Visualizing • Supporting peers It is during the process of interaction among components that reading comprehension is most likely to occur.

Before Reading Activities Setting a Purpose for Reading • Activating Prior Knowledge • Predicting • Questioning

Before Reading Activities Setting a Purpose for Reading Establishing a reason to read, comprehend, remember, and then apply to the future.

Before Reading Activities Setting a Purpose for Reading You have just purchased a new grill. Of course, it comes disassembled with directions for assembling it. What is your purpose for reading the directions?

For what purposes might you read the following? • Recipes • Scripts • Book or movie reviews • Memos from the boss • Menus • Magazines • Newspapers Before Reading Activities

Before Reading Activities Activating Prior Knowledge Recalling information processed and stored by the reader(s) provides links to new knowledge.

Can your prior knowledge tell you what this graphic means?

Before Reading Activities Activating Prior Knowledge Let’s revisit the article about women in Colonial Virginia and let’s set a purpose for reading and activate our prior knowledge. Handout #1

Before Reading Setting a Purpose for Reading Activities • Activating Prior Knowledge

Before Reading Activities Predicting Making a forecast of what the text contains based on patterns and prior knowledge.

Before Reading Activities Predicting Predict what will happen next to Old Faithful and to Reggie.

Predicting Before Reading Activities Examine the cover art for The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman and predict what the story will be about. Then listen to the first chapter and predict which character is going to be the protagonist. Discuss your ideas with those around you.

Cover Art by Broeck Steadman used with permission from Troll School and Library, 100 Corporate Drive Mahwah, New Jersey

Before Reading Activities Setting a Purpose for Reading Predicting citizenship Read the paragraph which follows and predict what the rest of the passage will contain.

Before Reading Activities Predicting and Purpose Setting Being a citizen means being a part of a country or community. Citizens usually share a common history, common customs, and common values. They agree to abide by a set of rules and to accept the government’s authority. Record your predictions on the graphic organizer.

Before Reading Activities Setting a Purpose for Reading Questioning Developing inquiries about the text that will direct readers toward the purpose for reading.

Questioning Four types of questions: • Memory • Convergent thinking • Divergent thinking • Evaluative thinking Ciardiello, A. V. (1998). “Did you ask a good question today? Alternative cognitive and metacognitive strategies. ” Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy 42: 3.

Questioning Memory questions: Signal words: who, what , where, when Cognitive operations: naming, defining, identifying, designating Examples: What is the definition for democracy? When does the 21 st century begin? Ask a memory question of your partner. Ciardiello, A. V. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy 42: 3.

Questioning Convergent thinking questions: Signal words: why, how, in what ways Cognitive operations: explaining, stating relationships, comparison/contrast Example: In what ways is the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa similar to the civil rights movement in the United States? Ask a convergent thinking question of your partner. Ciardiello, A. V. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy 42: 3

Questioning Divergent thinking questions: Signal words: imagine, predict, if…then, how might, what are some possible consequences Cognitive operations: predicting, hypothesizing, inferring, reconstructing Example: What are some possible consequences of the fall of communism in Eastern Europe? Ask a divergent thinking question of your partner. Ciardiello, A. V. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy 42: 3

Questioning Evaluative thinking questions: Signal words: defend, justify, judge Cognitive operations: valuing, judging, defending, justifying choices Example: What do you think of capital punishment for drug dealers? Ask an evaluative thinking question of your partner. Ciardiello, A. V. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy 42: 3

Before Reading Activities Setting a Purpose for Reading Questioning Turn these headings into questions • The New England Colonies • The Pilgrims • The Puritans and the Great Migration • Massachusetts Bay Colony • Discontented Colonists Establish New Colony

Before Reading Activities Setting a Purpose for Reading Questioning Turn more headings into questions • The Experiment at Jamestown • The Early Years • Tobacco and Prosperity • Warfare and Native Americans

Major Sources of Marine Pollution Formulate questions and answer them with partners.

During Reading Activities Predicting while reading Making a forecast of what the text will contain based on patterns and prior knowledge.

Predicting while reading Predict what will happen to Old Faithful and to Larry.

During Reading Activities Predicting while reading A 60 -year-old couple was celebrating their 40 years of marriage. During the celebration a fairy appeared and said, “Because you have been such a loving couple all those years, I would like to give you each one wish. ”

During Reading Activities Predicting while reading The wife quickly chimed in, “I want to travel around the world. ” The fairy waved her wand POOF! She had the tickets in her hand. Next it was the husband’s turn. He paused for a moment and then said shyly,

During Reading Activities Predicting while reading “ Well, I’d like to have a wife 30 years younger than me. ” The fairy picked up her wand POOF! He was 90. . .

During Reading Activities Self-Monitoring A reader recognizing his own level of understanding and knowing what to do when the text does not seem to match up with what he presumes to be correct.

During Reading Activities Self-Correcting A reader fixing his own miscues and/or rereading text because it seems to contradict his predictions and assumptions.

Self-Monitoring Self-Correcting During Reading Activities Two parts: Pronunciation - the reader recognizes that something sounds wrong. Meaning - the reader recognizes that he has missed the meaning. In either case the reader must correct himself!

Self-Monitoring Self-Correcting During Reading Activities The reader must notice and correct his own errors! If readers do notice an error, partners and coaches can say, “Try that again, ” but should refrain from correcting the reader.

Self-Monitoring Self-Correcting During Reading Activities Read aloud with partners “Nature of the Covalent Bond. ” Find and correct your own pronunciation errors. Also, stop at the end of each paragraph to monitor your own understanding by restating the main idea. Trade roles. Handout #2

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Sharing Knowledge through Interactive Reading a reading comprehension training module Created by Kay Grandstaff Harrisonburg City Schools Catherine Rosenbaum Virginia Department of Education Kathleen Smith Virginia Department of Education Maria Tsuchiya Richmond City Schools Piloted at Lancaster Middle School under the direction of Charlene Winter, reading specialist and Sandy Spears, principal.