definitions
structures
presentations
strategies
vocabulary
100
extracting and constructing meaning
What is comprehension?
100
A graphic organizer that has a character in the middle with characteristics of that person radiating out - then evidence that shows how you determined that characteristic.
What is character map?
100
a technique which helps children learn to make movies in their heads in order to "play back" scenes for discussion and explanation
What is visualizing and verbalizing?
100
Looking at the text as I read and designating by prescribed marks what I know, what is interesting, what I was surprised to learn or what I have a question about.
What is text coding?
100
Words that explain the meaning of a word that a student can easily understand.
What is a student friendly definition?
200
A plan to construct meaning from text.
What is a strategy?
200
A organizational feature that shows that one event definitely leads to the next event.
What is cause and effect?
200
Looking at you partner in the eyes, talking to your partner and then listening to what he/she thinks
What is Turn and Talk
200
SQ3R
What is Survey,Question, Read, Recite and Review
200
A circle with a word in it with lines radiating to other circles with synonyms in them?
What is a multiple meaning web? or What is a word web?
300
Words that explain the meaning of a word that a student can easily understand.
What is a student friendly definition?
300
Looking at features of two items that are similar and dissimilar.
What is to compare and contrast?
300
A formal discussion that is based on a text in which the teacher or leader asks questions that are open-ended. Students learn to engage cooperatively, intelligently and civilly.
What is the Socratic Seminar?
300
Setting, character, kick-off, feelings, events and conclusion
What is story grammar?
300
Describe how a vocabulary word is used in the story ie the cat was gregarious.
What is contexualizing the word?
400
An assessment tool that measures comprehension including background knowledge, retelling and vocabulary.
What is SQR-5?
400
A sporting event word used to describe and inciting incident in a novel or short story.
What is the kickoff?
400
Predictions, clarifying questions, probing questions and a summaries.
What are the stages of Reciprocal Teaching?
400
text-to self, text-to text and text-to world
What is making connections?
400
First and foremost, words that are essential to the understand of the story
What words should we teach?
500
proficiency of the reader, difficulty of the text, the task or activity demanded and the cultural setting
On what does reading comprehension depend?
500
An order of something that occurs within a certain span of time
What is chronological order?
500
Determining the kinds of questions (Right there, think and search, author and you, and on my own) is part of this strategy.
What is QAR or Question/Answer Relationship?
500
Idea of reading between the lines, suing text clues with prior knowledge
What is making inferences?
500
Latin and Greek combining forms
What are the word parts that give us meaning?
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