Our Mission…Our Mission…

Is to provide all students with a safe and productive environment that fosters life long learning and the skills necessary for success in a global digital world as learners, workers, and citizens.

3 Goals3 Goals

DefiningDefiningComprehensionComprehension

ComprehendingComprehendingClassroomClassroom LessonsLessons

InIn ComprehensionComprehension

Reading Instruction

Code Breaker Text User

Meaning Maker

Text Analyst/Critic

21st Century

Proficiency

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Instructional Goals• Joy

• Understand

• Learn

• Love

• Participate

• Listen/Reflect

Reading Is…Reading Is…

Reading Is…Reading Is…

ComprehensiComprehensionon

as a as a

CommodityCommodity??

1.1.BelieveBelieve2.2.TalkTalk3.3.ExpectExpect

TTeacher eacher TTalkalk

• I like the way____ used...• Can you share more...• Class, did you hear...• I love the way you...• I noticed when...• Your thinking is amazing...• How did you figure that out..• That is wonderful-tell me more...• How did you come up with that...• I am amazed and how you can...• When you____, I see....• That is so interesting...• I never considered it that way...• Thank you for stretching our thinking...• WOW! What a great way of seeing that...• Why is it you see it that way...• What helped you get there...• What is making you think of..

When We Say….Students Feel?When We Say….Students Feel?

The Power in Reading Aloud

• Reading

• Habitudes

• Language

• Schema

Your Turn!

InferringInferring

ImagingImaging

QuestioningQuestioning

MonitoringMonitoring

SynthesizingSynthesizing

Using SchemaUsing Schema

Det. ImportanceDet. Importance

The process of reading is nota half asleep process…

Walt Whittman

The reader must be The reader must be ACTIVE.ACTIVE.

•RespondRespond•ReactReact•ReflectReflect•EngageEngage

Enactment StrategiesEnactment Strategies

DrawDraw““Aloud”Aloud”

Topic (theme): Friendship

Be…Be…

ImpactedImpacted

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