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International Reading Association Conference presentation on facilitating dialogue about text at the elementary and middle levels: noticing/questioning, nonfiction text, common conversations with older readers
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Don’t Raise Your Hand!: Boost Comprehension and Engagement with Meaningful Talk
International Reading Association, May 2014
Amy Broemmel (University of Tennessee)Robin Griffith (Texas Christian University)
Elizabeth Swaggerty (East Carolina University)
Comprehension
1/3 of the teacher-identified “successful” readers struggled
with comprehension
Direct Comprehension
Strategies
Meaning-based Discussion about
TextVs.
McKeown, Beck, and Blake (2009): focusing on the content of text through
meaning-based questions/discussion was
more effective than a procedural comprehension strategies-based approach.
Reading lots of books and texts Meeting in pairs and small
groups to engage in interesting, engaging conversations about
the textParticipating in whole class
discussionsTaking stances for and against
the views they find in booksEngaging in accountable-talk
interactions.
Talk about text
Pick Two
11:20-12:00 Breakout 1
12:05- 12:45Breakout 2
Noticers and Questioners
Robin
Noticers and Questioners
Real Talk about Real Stuff
Moving Toward Common
Conversations with Older Readers
Robin: Noticers & QuestionersAmy: Nonfiction DialogueElizabeth: Older Readers
11:20-12:00 Breakout 1
12:05- 12:45Breakout 2
Wrap Up
purposeful dialogic
conversations
Amy BroemmelUniversity of [email protected]
Robin GriffithTexas Christian [email protected]
Elizabeth SwaggertyEast Carolina [email protected]