Sunday, October 27, 2013

Conquering Comprehension

Greetings Readers!

Chapters 7 and 8 introduced me to the most awesome comprehension strategies. These strategies will increase comprehension from my struggling readers to my advanced readers. The strategies I liked best were the Language Chart, K-W-L graphic organizer, I-Chart, and Double Entry Journal. I am also going to incorporate the Literature Circle sometime this year. I have always struggled with this concept so it will be nice to gain a new tool while helping my students increase their comprehension.
I want my students to enjoy reading, so the more I can build their comprehension the more they might want to read.

I chose to listen to the podcast "A Strategic Plan for Creating Strategic Readers." The author spoke about teachers always using the curriculum, instruction, and assessment. It is important for the teacher to always address and include the multiple intelligences. I consistently follow the curriculum for instruction and assessment. However, I need to do a better job of incorporating assignments and assessments for multiple intelligences. This will help me interest all students as well as have them build more critical thinking abilities.

What strategies interested you the most?


Until next time.....happy reading and teaching! :-)

3 comments:

  1. It was nice to see that someone else enjoyed seeing the different strategies that can really make a difference in the way that we teach and the way our students learn. Some of the strategies I was familiar with and others I was not. These chapters and podcast really opened my eyes to being better prepared by being ready for all the needs my students may have.

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  3. Addressing multiple intelligences has always been an area of needs improvement for me. Yes, I am guilty as charged when it comes to individualizing my instruction for various students based only on assessments and curricular frameworks. Understanding that students have different levels of motivation, different attitudes about teaching and learning, and different responses to specific classroom environments and instructional practices is an essential component of student achievement. Seemingly, the more thoroughly teachers understand the differences their students bring to the classroom, the better chance they have of meeting the diverse learning needs of all of their students.

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