I predict that Ping will grow the best plant for the Emperor.
What is predicting?
100
When children act out or retell what they have heard or read in class.
What is story retellings?
100
A packet of comprehension strategies that students can access easily during the reading.
What is a flip book?
100
In this stage students prepare to read by setting pruposes, thinking about the topic and text, and planning for the reading experience.
What is prereading?
100
Students create open-mind portraits of characters, draw pcitures of episode and role play from a book they are reading.
What is visualizing?
200
I remember a time when I lied to my parents because I thought it was the right thing.
What is connecting?
200
They are used to examine childrens oral reading behaviors, analyze comprehension, and deteremine reading level.
What is running records?
200
Identifies the main ideas, conflicts, and most important information in a story.
What is plot map?
200
Students reread parts of the text, examine it analitically and study the genre and the authors craft.
What is exploring?
200
Students use sticky notes to mark clues in the text and quick write about assuptions they have made.
What is drawing inferences?
300
Why is Ping's plant not growing? Is he doing something wrong?
What is questioning?
300
Students share their thinking as they read a passage which shows their ability to apply comprehension strategies.
What is think alouds?
300
Teachers use these during thematic units to activate students background knowledge about a topic and to scaffold them as they ask questions and organize infromation they are learning.
What is a K-W-L chart?
300
In this stage students monitor their understanding and solve reading comprehension problems as they arise.
What is reading?
300
Before beginning to read students identify their main goals for reading.
What is setting a purpose?
400
I think The Empty Pot is about honesty.
What is identyfing BIG ideas?
400
Students supply a deleted word from the passage so that teachers can examine the students understanding of a text.
What is cloze procedure?
400
Students use this to monitor their reading and recognize strategies that will help them comprehend what they are reading.
What are repairing bookmarks?
400
In this stage students make connections with the text and ask questions.
What is responding?
400
Students solve problems to regain comprehension and continue reading.
What is repairing?
500
I think Ping was right to be honest even though the other kids had beautiful plants.
What is evaluating?
500
Used to determine students reading level, assess strengths and weakness in word identification, fluency and comprehension, and make instructional decisions.
What is the DRA?
500
Teachers use these to draw the students interest by making thoughtful guesses about the story. They confirm or revise these guesses.
What is prediction chart?
500
Students create projects to deepen their understanding of the text and reflect on the reading experience.
What is applying?
500
Readers expect the text to make sense and they recognize when it doesn't so they can take action.