the ongoing construction of meaning that happens before, during, and after reading a text
What is comprehension?
100
a temporary support for "construction in progress"
What is a scaffold?
100
the expert models the strategic action through example during a reading of a text
What is a think-aloud?
100
a context where the expert reads a text modeling fluency and thinking and provides scaffolds for young readers
What is an interactive read aloud?
100
a context where students practice fluency through many reads of a special text divided into parts
What is Reader's Theater?
200
the teacher engages the students in this short explicit instruction based on what the student needs
What is a targeted mini-lesson?
200
the processes a reader needs in order to bring meaning to a text
What are strategic actions?
200
a question or statement that leads or redirects a reader's thinking
What is a prompt?
200
the use of many books across similar or different genres having some similarities for readers in order to synthesize new learning
What are text sets?
200
a way of recording a reader's thoughts, questions, and responses to a text
What is a think book or reader's notebook?
300
an instructional strategy proven and tested to be effective.
What is research-based instruction?
300
a way of reading a text that allows readers to think more analytically about the text or writer's craft.
What is close reading?
300
a resource for helping teachers use supportive prompts for strategic processing.
What is Prompting Guide 2?
300
a context where the reader interacts with other readers to construct new meaning through conversing in pairs or triads
What is a turn and talk?
300
a context where primary students respond and record their thinking through retelling or generating a new version of the text
What is interactive writing?
400
working from the goal or outcome of a lesson and planning prompts or steps in reaching it.
What is backward planning?
400
using evidence collected after a lesson in order to determine where to go next.
What is data-driven instruction?
400
a scaffold of support placed on the wall and/or in the students hands
What is an anchor chart?
400
using evidence/data and by asking questions to think about how successful a lesson was
What is reflective teaching?
400
a strategy to help readers understand non-fiction texts.
What is using text features?
500
The psychologist who believes "what a child can do in cooperation today, he can do alone tomorrow."
Who is Lev Vygotsky?
500
teaching children to think about their thinking through talk and questioning.
What is feedback?
500
a tool used after a read aloud that helps readers understand similarities or differences across text sets
What is a graphic organizer?
500
going beyond compliance by attaining higher levels of competence and reaching capacity through use of research-based strategies and reflection of the practice
What is fidelity?
500
A resource to help teachers gain understanding about the complex process of teaching reading.