Reading for

High-Ability

StudentsChris Bergman

Annie OrsiniSummer 2010

InstructionCurriculumEnvironment

Learner

Characteristics & Needs

of Gifted Readers

Thinking about Perspective, Imagination, & More

Duck, Rabbit Video

• http://www.amazon.com/gp/mpd/permalink/m296GUZCI50OD

Questioning

Related Links from A Place to Wonder

• http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_x9TUFDuDl6k/S9ZBAlF8KMI/AAAAAAAAA4k/GTiG29ZNGrk/s1600/DSC00936.JPG

• http://creativeliteracy.blogspot.com/2010/04/second-grade-wonder-walk.html

Search Stories

• http://mashable.com/2010/04/21/sesame-street-releases-google-search-story-parodies-videos/

• http://www.youtube.com/user/SearchStories

“The way a book is read – which is to say, the qualities a reader brings to a book – can have as much to do with its worth as anything the author puts into it.”

~Norman Cousins, editor and writer

Comprehension StrategiesSchemaInferring

QuestioningDetermining

ImportanceCreating Mental

ImagesSynthesizingMetacognition

Schema

Making connections using our prior knowledge – our lives, another text, the world– That reminds me of…– I’m remembering…– I have a connection to…– I have schema for…– I can relate to…

(McGregor,2007)

Inferring

Schema + Text Clues = Inference– My guess is…– Maybe…– It could be that…– This could mean…– I predict…– I infer…

(McGregor,2007)

Questioning

Generate questions before, during, & after reading to help understand (realizing that some will be not answered in the text)– I wonder…– What if…– Why…– How could…

(McGregor,2007)

Determining Importance

What matters most? What’s the important thing?– What’s important here is…– One thing that we should notice…– I want to remember…– It’s interesting that…

(McGregor,2007)

Creating Mental Images

Visualizing the movie in your mind using your senses– I’m picturing…– I can imagine…– I can feel/see/smell/taste/touch/hear…– My mental images include…

(McGregor,2007)

Synthesizing

Changing your thinking along the way– Now I understand why…– I’m changing my mind about…– I used to think __________, but now I think…– My new thinking is…– I’m beginning to think…

(McGregor,2007)

Metacognition

Thinking about thinking– I’m thinking…– I’m noticing…– I’m wondering…– I’m seeing…– I’m feeling

(McGregor,2007)

Book Clubs & Response

Exquisite Corpse

• http://www.read.gov/exquisite-corpse/

Differentiated Reading Strategies

Schoolwide Enrichment Model – Reading

• Goals– To increase enjoyment in

reading– To encourage students to

pursue challenging independent reading

– To improve reading fluency, reading, and comprehension, and increase self-regulation in reading, thus leading to higher reading achievement scores

Components of the SEM-R Frameworkfrom http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/SEMR

Phase 1 - Exposure Phase 2 - Training & Self-Selected

Reading

Phase 3 - Interest & Choice

Components• High-interest books to

read aloud• Higher-order thinking

probing questions• Bookmarks for

teachers with questions regarding Bloom's Taxonomy, biography, character, illustrations and other topics relevant to the study of literature

Training and discussions on Supported Independent Reading

Supported Independent Reading

One-on-one teacher conferences on reading strategies and instruction

Bookmarks for students posing higher-order questions regarding character, plot, setting, considering the story, and other useful topics.

Introducing creative thinking

Exploring the Internet Genre studies Literary exploration Responding to books Investigation centers Focus on biographies Buddy reading Books on tape Literature circles Creative or expository writing

Type III investigations

Type I Activities Type II ActivitiesType II & Type III

Investigations

“Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid of standing still.”

~Bertie Kingore

Choosing Challenging Books

• Children’s Literature Blogs• Choices Booklists from International

Reading Association– http://www.reading.org/Resources/

Booklists.aspx • Carol Hurst’s Children Literature Site

– www.carolhurst.com•Click on “Subjects” or “Curriculum Areas” for books related to specific themes.

• Your students!

Gotta Keep Reading! Video

• http://www.schooltube.com/video/e9bd79d29b4d0e6a2345/Gotta-Keep-Reading-Ocoee-Middle-School

Homework• Read assigned

article. Respond in a Top 10 list, recipe, poem, or another creative format.

• Prepare book talk.– Basics (title,

author, publication information)

– Why or how you chose the book

– Set up the story– Connections

“If we teach students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.” ~John Dewey

Enhancing Social-Emotional Development

“The Perils and Promises of Praise”

• http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/oct07/vol65/num02/The-Perils-and-Promises-of-Praise.aspx

21st Century Learning

Related Links• Vision Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8

• Examples of Educational Wikis: http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+educational+wikis

• Plain English Video: http://www.commoncraft.com/video-wikis-plain-english • Kidblog.org

• Allaboutexplorers.com

Writing & Mentor Texts

Poetry

Integrating the Arts

There's no such thing as the perfect lesson, the perfect day in school or the perfect teacher. For teachers and students alike, the goal is not perfection but persistence in the pursuit of understanding important things.

~Tomlinson & McTighe

Reflection

• Journal– What are you

walking away with?

– How you can apply this in your educational setting?

• Lesson Plan– E-mail to Annieannie_orsini@hotmail.com

– Due by June 18

Content Bibliography• Some of My Best Friends Are Books: Guiding Gifted Readers from

Preschool to High School by Judith Wynn Halsted• Literature Links: Activities for Gifted Readers by Teresa Smith

Maiello• Autonomous Learner Model: Optimizing Ability by George Betts &

Jolene Kurcher• Recognizing Gifted Potential: Planned Experiences with the KOI by

Bertie Kingore• Differentiation: Simplified, Realistic, and Effective by Bertie Kingore• Nonfiction Mentor Texts: Teaching Informational Writing Through

Children’s Literature,K-8 by Lynne Dorfman & Rose Cappelli• The Reviser’s Toolbox by Barry Lane• But How Do You Teach Writing? by Barry Lane• Make It Real by Linda Hoyt• Snapshots by Linda Hoyt

Content Bibliography• Reading with Meaning by Debbie Miller• Comprehension Connections: Bridges to Strategic Reading by

Tanny McGregor• Strategies that Work: Teaching Comprehension for Understanding

and Engagment by Stephanie Harvey & Anne Goudvis• Comprehension & Collaboration: Inquiry Circles in Action by

Stephanie Harvey & Harvey Daniels• Mosaic of Thought: The Power of Comprehension Strategy

Instruction by Susan Zimmerman & Ellin Oliver Keene• Websites Used:

– http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/SEMR– http://www.bertiekingore.com– http://www.choiceliteracy.com