USING COMPREHENSION STRATEGIES TO GUIDE THINKING

Outline

Introduction Self-Questioning Strategies Monitoring / Clarifying Strategies Visualizing Strategies

Introduction

Purpose: to guide thinking during reading by… Monitoring understanding Making connections to the text Clarifying meaning Responding actively

Three types: Self-Questioning Monitoring / Clarifying Visualizing

Self-Questioning Strategies

Generating questions to guide thinking while reading.

Strategies: Question-Answer Relationships I Wonder… Statements Request Paired Questioning

Paired Questioning

Take turns generating text-related questions and responding to them.

At the end, one person summarizes and the other agrees or disagrees and justifies.

Can use titles/subtitles, paragraphs, or whole sections of text.

Discussion is encouraged.

Paired Questioning

First Reading

• S1: ?• S2: A• S2: ?• S1: A

Second Reading

• S1: ?• S2: A• S2: ?• S1: A

After all text is read

• S1: Summary• S2: Agree /

disagree. Justify.

Paired Questioning

How can Paired Questioning help us understand text?

Monitoring / Clarifying Strategies

Throughout reading, ask self: “Does this make sense?”

If yes, keep reading. If no: Reread text closely, Look up words, and Clarify the meaning of the text.

Strategies Bookmark Technique Say Something KWL and KWLS INSERT

Bookmark Technique

Monitor comprehension Make evaluative judgments about the text Constantly asking ourselves: “Does this make

sense?” Best used for:

Narrative and expository text In-class or homework assignments

Page and paragraph numbers help during class discussion

Bookmark One

• The most interesting part was…

• Page:• Paragraph:

Bookmark Two

• A vocab word I think the whole class needs to discuss is…

• Page:• Paragraph:

Bookmark Three

• Something that confused me was…

• Page:• Paragraph:

Bookmark Four

• The illustration, chart, map, or graph that helped me understand what I was reading was…

• Page:

Bookmark Technique

How can you use the Bookmark Technique in other content areas?

What might you change to adapt it to literature, math, science, younger students, older students?

Visualizing Strategies

Creating mental images Works best for narrative or expository text Remember

You don’t have to be an artist! Simple lines and shapes are OK.

Strategies: Photographs of the Mind Guided Imagery Gallery Images

Gallery Images

Creating visualizations while reading Provide a format for sharing these images Works best for: informational text

_______ _______

_______ _______

Stock Market Crash

Lots of Foreclosures

Banks were in trouble

Didn’t end until WWII

Creating mental images and sharing them helps English Language Learners communicate and express

themselves and what they understand.

Questions?