Questioning

Hello Friends!

Just wanted to share with you some thoughts on teaching comprehension in the classroom. Here are six comprehension strategies for you:

1.Monitor and Clarify
2.Making Connections
3.Visualize
4.Ask Questions
5.Infer and Predict
6.Summarizen in the classroom.

I will talk about 1 or 2 of these each week for the next several weeks. Please make comments or leave questions or concerns if you have any.

First...Monitor and Clarify:

Readers monitor their reading by being aware of when meaning is breaking down. When this occurs, they use fix-up strategies to clarify meaning.
•Reread words, sentences, or parts of the text, and then go on.
•Stop and ask themselves questions to clarify.
•Use text features (e.g./ photographs, artwork, charts, labels).
•Read on and then go back to clarify meaning and make sense.
•Ask for help (from the teacher, from another student)

Next week we will look at Making Connections and Visualizing.
Have a great week!

Julie

Assessments

Good Morning! We began our DIBELS assessments yesterday in 1st grade. This stands for Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills. Each assessment takes approximately 1 minute and gives us a quick snapshot of whether or not your child will need some intervention for reading. Every child not making a specific score on the assessment will be placed in an appropriately leveled intervention group for 30 minutes each day. We will do a quick check every week to make sure your child is making adequate progress and will make any changes necessary to ensure academic success. Please feel free to call or come by the school to make an appointment with me to see your child's scores and discuss any reading group placement. I hope you have a great day!

Back To School!

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