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Join the Literacy Team for a comprehensive workshop on enhancing students' understanding of texts. We'll explore how to monitor for meaning through various strategies such as making connections, using schema, inferring, asking questions, visualizing, determining importance, and synthesizing information. Participants will learn effective methods to teach and practice comprehension strategies while fostering collaborative discussions. Discover ways to engage children in meaningful dialogue, utilizing varied speech tone, pace, and vocabulary to support deeper thinking. Share insights and strategies for nurturing literacy skills for the upcoming year!
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Talking About Textfor DeeperMeaning Presented by The Literacy Team
Entrance Ticket TURN AND TALK: • Whatdoesitmean to understandtextdeeply?
Let’s Look Back atStrategiesto Monitor for Meaning! • Making Connections • UsingSchema • Inferring • Asking Questions • Visualizing • Determining Importance • Syntheszing Information
Teach, Practice, & Talk about a Reading Strategy • Teach the comprehensionstrategy • Practice the strategy. Thinkaloud. Think out loud. • Guide the discussion. Ask open-ended questions. Question beyond initial response. • Reflect on how the strategyhelpedyouunderstand the textbetter – the outcome!
Initiating Talk with Children • Vary the tone of our speech – speak in the quietest tone. • Vary the pace depending on the context and content. • Vary the intensity and emotion. • Use sophisticated vocabulary. • Speak with heightened civility and respect using academic language.
Responding to Children’s Talk • Use silence frequently so students can think before talking. • Restate and probe. • Label ideas with language you want all students to use. • Use varied syntax-vary length of sentences; expand on what students say. • Model discourse, discussion, and what it means to consider the opinions of others.