Reading Comprehension Strategies



Comprehension Strategies:



Think Alouds, Reciprocal Teaching, etc.

Reading Resources:

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Jen Robinson continues to review books from preschool to young adult. It is great site to revisit if you are looking for ideas.



Franki Sibberson thinks through the many skills readers practice while reading wordless picture books, and then creates a booklist of favorite wordless picture books for teaching these skills:



Here's a wonderful example of how blogs can be a tool for thoughtful conversations among educators.  Jen Robinson asks the question, "How can we encourage more reading aloud among families at home?"  She pulls together a wealth of resources on the web to jumpstart the discussion, and readers from across the web contribute many terrific suggestions in the comments

Teaching with Graphic Novels

Graphic novels are an increasingly popular format for stories told in a range of genres. While learning to read graphic novels takes practice, their artistic and literary merit makes the effort more than worthwhile. In this month's episode of 's Text Message podcast, host Jennifer Buehler offers An Introduction to Graphic Novels (M-S). Tune in to hear an introduction to the graphic novel form, including discussion of key works such as Maus and American Born Chinese. Then listen for specific recommendations of nine graphic novels, including fantasy epics, memoirs, biographies, and adventure thriller stories.

Reading and Exploring Nonfiction Texts



ReadWriteThink calendar entry provides additional materials on the award and on teaching with nonfiction texts

Image and video database is now freely available for direct and unrestricted access by schools and libraries, as follows:

Images 

Videos 

Audio Clips    

Reading Support for Adolescents:



free resource of books that can be downloaded to MP3 players



free public domain books

Blogs:

YABOOKNERD ()

This is a blog "dedicated to YA books, movies, pop culture and library services from the young adult librarian at Otis Library." This blog is loaded with interviews from authors.

Hipwritermama ()

This is a blog that surprised me. The writer reviews books, but she also blogs about interviews with writers and links to those interviews. For instance, on March 19th, she linked readers to a writing tip with an literary agent as well as a radio interview with a young adult author. I watched the Youtube piece with Mitali Perkins and loved it.

This blog is one to bookmark!  Anneographies by Anne Bustard presents favorite children's book biographies organized by birthday.  Educators can check the archives to figure out upcoming famous individuals to highlight on their birthdates with read-alouds and/or biography book shares

Online library sites offer teachers wonderful resources—and you don't need to schedule a trip to the library to use them! From storytelling to writing and literature, you can find materials that will get students engaged and clicking at these sites.  Just click on the title or see below to access:

 

This site below is another great resource sent out by Lynette VanDyke at MDE

 

 

Here is a nice resource for problem solving - we all can likely glean something from this kid-friendly site about now.....

 The Big 6 Kids (Information Age Skills) offers a page on steps in the research process at

 

Stories by and about women

Learn more about American women's literature by accessing Scribbling Women, an outstanding Web site from The Public Media Foundation. The site offers dramatizations of works by writers such as Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Edith Wharton, Sarah Orne Jewett, and Susan Glaspell.

 

You can also listen to the 30-minute radio plays—adaptations of these writers' works— which are available for free at this site. Of interest to educators, we can also, find resources and links for understanding each play. There are very nice history connections for upper elementary on up.

 



Children’s Book Day: Providing Culturally Relevant Texts

April 30 is El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children's Day/Book Day) (G), an event developed under the leadership of author Pat Mora that focuses on providing children with books in many languages and making reading an integral part of their lives. Plan your celebration by tapping these ideas and resources suggested in the following articles and lesson plans.

The lesson Is This the Right Book for Me? Strategies for Beginning Readers (E) seeks to empower young readers by introducing the idea of making purposeful choices when selecting reading material. Students learn to take their reason for reading into account and to use strategies to match the book to their abilities.

Continue developing students' sense of choice and preference for books that they find powerful with the lesson plan Opening the Door for Reading: Sharing Favorite Texts to Build Community (E) from . In this lesson plan, students focus on reading and creating classroom displays that celebrate favorite texts. After exploring a sample display, students create presentations on their own favorites.

The Voices from the Middle article "'Stuck in the Middle': Helping Students Begin New Literacy Lives" (M) discusses five principles that help students succeed after years of failure. The steps include creating literacy-rich environments, connecting readers to text, and supporting readers with strategic literacy instruction.

Introduce students to the work of one of the founders of Día in the lesson plan Color of Silence: Sensory Imagery in Pat Mora's Poem "Echoes" (M). Moving from personal experience to practical application, students use their senses to discover new ways to read and write. Pat Mora's poem "Echoes" is used to demonstrate that our senses are powerful tools for literary analysis and comprehension.

For details on books that you can place in the hands of young adult readers, check out the English Journal article "The Ever-Expanding Mexican American YA Canon" (S) from the "Bold Books for Teenagers" column. The article includes reviews of several recently published novels, poetry collections, and nonfiction works.

In the spirit of addressing personal and cultural relevance, students in the lesson plan Joining the Conversation about Young Adult Literature (S) create a persuasive case calling for the adoption of a particular young adult literature title into their school's language arts curriculum.

The review essay "Learning to Read as Continuing Education" (C-TE), from College Composition and Communication, works to convince readers that college composition instruction can capitalize on (and improve) students' high school reading experiences if instructors and program administrators think carefully about where their students are starting as readers and where they want them to get by the end of the course.

Read more about DÍAPALOOZA, a month-long, virtual celebration of El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children's Day/Book Day). --NCTE Inbox 4.21.10

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