If you have ever wondered how to teach comprehension strategies to primary-age children, read on.First, imagine a primary-grade classroom where all the children are engaged and motivated; where the buzz of excited, emerging readers fills the air; where simultaneously words are sounded out and connections are made between the books of their choice and the experiences of their lives. Then, open these pages. Welcome to Debbie Miller's real classroom where real students are learning to love to read, to write, and are together creating a collaborative and caring environment. In this book, Debbie focuses on how best to teach children strategies for comprehending text. She leads the reader through the course of a year showing how her students learn to become thoughtful, independent, and strategic readers. Through explicit instruction, modeling, classroom discussion, and, most important, by gradually releasing responsibility to her students, Debbie provides a model for creating a climate and culture of thinking and learning.Here you will learn:techniques for modeling thinking;specific examples of modeled strategy lessons for inferring, asking questions, making connections, determining importance in text, creating mental images, and synthesizing information;how to help children make their thinking visible through oral, written, artistic, and dramatic responses to literature;how to successfully develop book clubs as a way for children to share their thinking.Reading with Meaning shows you how to bring your imagined classroom to life. You will emerge with new tools for teaching comprehension strategies and a firm appreciation that a rigorous classroom can also be nurturing and joyful.
Author(s): Debbie Miller
Edition: 1
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 208
Contents......Page 6
Foreword......Page 8
In Appreciation......Page 12
Prologue: It Doesn’t Get Better Than This......Page 16
1 Guiding Principles......Page 20
Establishing a Framework......Page 22
Proficient Reader Research......Page 23
Gradual Release of Responsibility......Page 25
2 In September......Page 30
Community: Creating a Culture and Climate for Thinking......Page 32
Building Relationships......Page 33
Establishing Mutual Trust......Page 35
3 Readers’ Workshop: Real Reading from the Start......Page 40
Book Selection: In the Beginning......Page 41
Reading Aloud......Page 42
Mini-Lessons......Page 44
Reading and Conferring......Page 48
Sharing......Page 51
4 Settling In......Page 54
Book Selection: Theirs......Page 55
Evaluation: Mine......Page 63
What About Phonics and Word Identification?......Page 64
5 Schema......Page 68
Thinking Aloud: Showing Kids How......Page 69
The First Schema Lesson......Page 72
Text-to-Self Connections......Page 73
Making Meaningful Connections......Page 74
Thinking Through Text Together: An Anchor Chart in the Making......Page 75
Releasing Responsibility: Small-Group Work......Page 76
Text-to-Text Connections......Page 78
Schema Throughout the Year......Page 80
Evidence of Understanding and Independence......Page 84
Schema at a Glance......Page 86
6 Creating Mental Images......Page 88
In the Beginning: Thinking Aloud......Page 92
Anchor Lessons......Page 95
Evidence of Understanding and Independence......Page 101
Mental Images at a Glance......Page 106
7 Digging Deeper......Page 108
Taking the Conversation Deeper......Page 109
Book Clubs for Primary Kids?......Page 111
Making Thinking Visible......Page 113
Taking the Learning Deeper......Page 116
Work Activity Time......Page 118
8 Inferring......Page 120
Anchor Lessons......Page 122
Evidence of Understanding and Independence......Page 132
Inferring at a Glance......Page 136
9 Asking Questions......Page 138
Anchor Lessons......Page 140
Evidence of Understanding and Independence......Page 151
Asking Questions at a Glance......Page 155
10 Determining Importance in Nonfiction......Page 156
Modeling Differences Between Fiction and Nonfiction......Page 159
Noticing and Remembering When We Learn Something New......Page 162
Convention Notebooks......Page 163
Locating Specific Information......Page 165
Evidence of Understanding and Independence......Page 167
Determining Importance at a Glance......Page 170
11 Synthesizing Information......Page 172
Anchor Lessons......Page 175
Evidence of Understanding and Independence......Page 183
Synthesis at a Glance......Page 186
Epilogue: In June......Page 188
References......Page 190
B......Page 196
C......Page 197
D......Page 198
H......Page 199
K......Page 200
M......Page 201
O......Page 202
Q......Page 203
R......Page 204
S......Page 205
T......Page 206
V......Page 207
Z......Page 208
