Setting
Why is setting important?
The reader will have context on the time, place, and environment.
Why is making predications about a story important?
It encourages children to think ahead and ask questions.
Why is it important to visualize?
It can help improve your critical thinking of a text.
What is a morpheme? What is morphology & how do we teach it?
The smallest units in a language with some independent meaning.
Morphology investigate the structure of words in terms of morphemes (root words/prefixes/suffixes).
What are the largest contributors to Reading Comprehension?
Vocabulary & background knowledge
A strong vocabulary allows readers to grasp meaning, make inferences, and comprehend complex ideas, whereas limited vocabulary causes comprehension to break down.
Is place important to the story?
Yes.
How does predicting help the reader?
It connects their existing knowledge to new information.
How does visualizing help a reader?
By using their 5 senses to create a mental picture of the words they read.
How many new vocabulary words should a child learn each year?
2000-3000 per year
What does comprehension help with?
It helps make connections with what you read.
What can setting tell you about the story?
It gives you the story timeline.
What is a prediction?
Thinking about a story and guessing what will happen next.
What are the four pillars of visualization?
purpose, content, structure, and formatting
What are 3 strategies for teaching Vocabulary?
Direct Instruction, Teaching morphology (root words/suffixes/prefixes), Teaching context clues
How are close reading and cloze reading different strategies?
Close reading involves a deep, analytical re-reading of a text, while cloze reading (or the cloze procedure) involves filling in missing words in a passage to test comprehension or for vocabulary development.
What does setting include?
Time, place, and social enviornment.
What happens if you predict incorrectly?
Nothing happens, it is just a guess.
What is a picture walk?
Picture Walk" Prediction: Before reading, students look at illustrations to create a mental movie of what might happen.
Is Direct Instruction or teaching Morphology a more effective strategy?
Teaching Morphology
What are 2 huge factors influence reading comprehension?
Vocabulary and background knowledge.
How does setting affect a character?
It will define how characters act.
What should students use to make predictions?
Title, cover of a book, illustrations
What is the sketch-to-stretch strategy?
Readers (individually or in groups) read a text, stop to visualize, create a quick sketch, and discuss their drawings.
Why is vocabulary important in all areas?
Vocabulary is linked to your own knowledge.
What are the 7 most critical Reading Strategies to teach students?
1.monitoring/clarifying 2.activating prior knowledge 3.asking questions 4.making mental images 5. making inferences 6.summarizing 7. determining main ideas.
Honorable Mentions: Making predictions/making connections