Strategies for Beginning Multilingual Readers
What are pattern books useful for and what are they not useful for?
Pattern books are useful for engaging students, they are not as effective for supporting students' word recognition and decoding
What makes Cognitive Mapping different from story maps?
cognitive maps are useful for more detailed stories with multiple characters, settings, and plots
What do students bring to class when being Assessed with Materials Students Bring to Class? (Have to have at least 3 examples)
books, comics, magazines, or digital articles
How does difficulty of texts play a role in comprension?
The more difficult a text, the more the reader will struggle
Is guided reading supported by research?
No, but it is widely used in classrooms.
What are Illustrating Stories and Poems helpful for?
Illustrating Stories and Poems enhance their comprehension through visual aids in illustrated books.
What is the key similarity between Directed Reading-Thinking Activity and Directed Listening-Thinking Activity
Both have to do with making predictions about text
How is Miscue Analysis tested? (Steps teachers take and students there are 3)
1. Teacher selects a slightly challenging reading passage for a student
2. Student reads aloud while the teacher observes and records any miscues
3. Student is prompted to retell the story
Why is internet reading thought of as a new literacy?
Online reading is easily accessible and found everywhere
What are the three approaches to independent reading?
USSR (Uninterrupted sustained silent reading)
Extensive Reading
Narrow Reading
What are Shared Reading with Big Books helpful for?
This approach offers engaging introduction to reading, allowing all students to follow along due to the large format.
What is a Literature Response Journal?
Personal notebooks where students write informal thoughts and feelings about the stories they read, including their reactions to characters, settings, and plots.
How is Informal Reading Inventories tested?
1. Students read a series of reading passages with increasing difficulty
2. Teacher records their oral performance
3.Students are asked comprehension questions to help gauge the student’s understanding of the material.
What 3 linguistic systems are involved in reading?
Graphophonics
Syntax
Semantics
How are guided readings helpful for multilingual learners? (At least 3)
Provides teachers with information on the students’ strengths and weakness
Give students immediate assistance
Opportunity for students to learn from one another
Promotes awareness of reading processes
What are Directed Listening-Thinking Activity helpful for?
Refining predictions while reading, This encourages students to actively engage with the material, make predictions, and then monitor and adjust these predictions as the story progresses.
How does Adapting Stories Into Plays or Skits for Presentations keep students engaged?
Engages students' creativity.
How does Student Self-Assessment work? (What is the only thing teachers have to do with this assessment?)
Involves regularly engaging students in discussions about their reading experiences (Talk to students)
What is Metacongnition?
"thinking about thinking"
How do Literature Circles benefit multilingual learners?
Gives students the opportunity to enjoy literature
Peer interactions and help
Students become familiar in how to respond and discuss literature
What is Readers Theater helpful for?
Helps Improve students reading and comprehension by having them perform scripts from stories.
What does Developing Scripts for Reader’s Theater help students understand and how?
Helps students understand a story's structure by identifying key events, characters, conflicts, and resolutions.
How is self-assessment more helpful than other strategies?
teachers can gain valuable information that standardized tests might not reveal, saving time and providing more personalized insights into students’ reading abilities.
What are two components that lead to proficient reading?
Decoding
Linguistic Comprehension
What are some ways for students to respond to literature?
Journals
Illustrations
Animated Films
Creating Songs
Mock Court Trials
Etc