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Understanding Observable Reading Behaviors
How This Knowledge Informs Your Teaching
& Your Understanding of The Reading Process
“None of the exemplary teachers
were tied to commercial materials.
Exemplary teachers taught children, and
typical teachers taught programs.”
Richard Allington
Observable Reading BehaviorsUnderlying Cognitive Processes
Reading Behaviors that YOU can See
In-the-head Strategies
Observable Reading BehaviorsUnderlying Cognitive Processes
hesitates rereads looks at picture looks at print rereads after an error rereads & makes
another attempt rereads & corrects
an error
Self-monitoring Self-monitoring Searching for meaning cues Searching for visual cues Cross-checking on cues
Cross-checking on cues
Self-correcting
The Reading Process
Understanding How We Read
The Reading Process is an interaction between the text and the
reader... who uses “in-the-head” strategies or
cognitive processes… when using the cue systems to problem solve
on continuous text to make meaning
The Reading Process:An Interaction Between Text & Reader
As a review… What are the observable reading behaviors? What are in-the-head or cognitive processes? What is the reading process? What are the cues?
Observable Reading BehaviorsUnderlying Cognitive Processes
hesitates rereads looks at picture looks at print rereads after an error rereads & makes
another attempt rereads & corrects
an error
Self-monitoring Self-monitoring Searching for meaning cues Searching for visual cues Cross-checking on cues
Cross-checking on cues
Self-correcting
What is the Reading Process?A continuous process of the reader...
Sampling or Searching Predicting Monitoring Cross-checking on cues Self-Correcting by using sources of
information: Meaning Cues,
Structure Cues, &/or
Visual Cues
What are the Cues? Meaning - Semantics Structure - Syntax Visual - Graphophonic
M S V
References Clay, M., (1991). Observation Survey:
Observing Young Readers. Clay, M. (1991). Becoming Literate: The
Construction of Inner Control
