Talking About Text for Deeper Meaning

Presented by The Literacy Team

Entrance Ticket

TURN AND TALK:

• What does it mean to understand text deeply?

Let’s Look Back at Strategiesto Monitor for Meaning!

• Making Connections• Using Schema• Inferring• Asking Questions• Visualizing• Determining Importance• Syntheszing Information

1. Teach the comprehension strategy2. Practice the strategy. Think aloud. Think out

loud.3. Guide the discussion. Ask open-ended

questions. Question beyond initial response.4. Reflect on how the strategy helped you

understand the text better – the outcome!

Teach, Practice, & Talk about a Reading Strategy

Initiating Talk with Children

1. Vary the tone of our speech – speak in the quietest tone.

2. Vary the pace depending on the context and content.

3. Vary the intensity and emotion.4. Use sophisticated vocabulary.5. Speak with heightened civility and respect

using academic language.

Responding to Children’s Talk1. Use silence frequently so students can think

before talking.2. Restate and probe.3. Label ideas with language you want all

students to use.4. Use varied syntax-vary length of sentences;

expand on what students say.5. Model discourse, discussion, and what it

means to consider the opinions of others.

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