comprehension&vocabularyinstruction
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Review of Comprehension and Preview of VocabularyTRANSCRIPT
AEDR 518 | Spring 2011
Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development
in the Content Area
25 February Class Meeting
Before reading
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During reading
After reading
Before-Reading
Essential Components:Activating background knowledgeSetting purposes
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Before-Reading
StrategiesPreviewing
What do I already know about the topic?Setting Purposes for Reading
I will read this text to learn . . .Predicting and inferring
What can I hypothesize based on what I already know and what I am able to assume from the text?
AEDR 518 | Spring 2011
Before-Reading
StrategiesPreviewing
What do I already know about the topic?Setting Purposes for Reading
I will read this text to learn . . .Predicting and inferring
What can I hypothesize based on what I already know and what I am able to assume from the text?
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During-Reading
Essential Components:Focus on contentConstruct meaning
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Before-Reading
During-Reading
StrategiesSelf-questioning
Do I understand what I just read?Monitoring/Clarifying
Does this make sense?Visualizing
Forming mental images…
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Before-Reading
After-Reading
Essential Components:Elaborate on what have learnedExtend learning beyond the classroomClarify understandings
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During-ReadingBefore-Reading
After-Reading
StrategiesSummarizing
What is the essential information?Evaluating
Is the author’s message consistent?Whose perspective is presented in the text?
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During-ReadingBefore-Reading
Reading Comprehension StrategiesBefore Reading During Reading After Reading
Previewing
Setting Purposes for Reading
Predicting and Inferring
Self-Questioning
Modifying/Clarifying
Visualizing
Summarizing
Evaluating
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Next -> Vocabulary instruction
Teaching Vocabulary in Your Content Area
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Teaching Vocabulary in Your Content Area
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Think about your vocabulary. Reflect on how it developed through the years. Consider two sources that you believe helped you to increase your knowledge of words and their meanings.
http://wiffiti.com/screens/54089
Strategies for Teaching Vocabulary in Your Content Area
1. Frayer model (with video example)
2. Concept Definition model
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Frayer Model
This model prompts students to think about and describe the meaning of a word or concept by . . .
• Defining the term• Describing its essential characteristics• Providing examples of the idea • Offering non-examples of the idea
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Video example
Frayer Model
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Frayer Model
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Frayer Model
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Example one
Frayer Model
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Example two
Frayer Model
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Example three
Concept Definition Map
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A Concept Definition Map prompts students to take a key term, concept, or reading selection and . . .
• Uncover its component ideas • Show their structure and interrelatedness• Chart these findings on a graphical organizer
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Poll
• Take out your cell phones!
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Sources
Just Read Nowhttp://www.justreadnow.com/strategies/vocabulary.htm
Content Area Reading: Teaching and Learning in an Age of Multiple Literacies
http://www.coursesmart.com/9780138140809
My Education Labhttp://www.myeducationlab.com/literacy/deploy/literacy.html
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