Approximately 2 weeks ago, I ran a meeting based on my October 2012 SAGE presentation with part of our school's core senior high teaching team. As a group, we discussed the 8 different strategies and determined what we are already doing in our classrooms, as well as what language we are using (if any).
Basically, it was an informal vote, and we isolated two of our priorities: asking questions, and monitoring comprehension. These were the two areas where we have not specifically worked on in any of our classrooms.
As a refresher, here are the 8 Reading Comprehension Strategies as identified by Lakeshore School Division, with plain language.
Making Connections - text to self, text to text, text to world
Visualizing - creating mental pictures
Determining important ideas - what is important? what does the author want me to know?
Inferring - “based on what I know – previous knowledge – I think that” - making educated guesses
Activating prior knowledge - determining what I already know
Synthesizing and expressing opinions - taking what I already know, integrating what I’ve learned and being able to put it altogether
Asking questions - asking good open-ended questions (questions can be critical or non-critical)
Monitoring comprehension - determining when and where to use a “fix up strategy” – often (but not always) during reading
A few weeks ago, I did something interesting with colouring pages in my grade 10 classroom and genres of books and movies. I'll be posting those findings later this week.
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