Comprehension Strategies: Emergent and Young Readers. ALYSE SCHWARTZ CAPITAL UNIVERSITY ADVISOR: DR. CHERYL DOBROKA. My Experience. *Charter School *Content Area Reading Strategies *Three Students *Literacy at home *Individualized Education Plans (IEP) *Computer Based Learning. Goal.
ADVISOR: DR. CHERYL DOBROKA
*Content Area Reading Strategies
*Literacy at home
*Individualized Education Plans (IEP)
*Computer Based Learning
Accommodation and Assimilation
Encoding and Decoding
Examples: Thesaurus, glossary, “fact finder”
Remember and Recall
Directly teach and practice
Examples: Guided Notes
How to take good notes!
1. Write the date at the top of your paper
2. Write the subject (Social Studies, Math, etc.)
3. Write what you are learning about in each subject
4. Write down key words and their definitions
*Many times key words are words that are highlighted or in bold font. Other times, you can find key words by looking for words that are in the book more than one time.
5. Write neatly and give spaces in between each definition and word.
6. Write down examples to help you remember how to complete a problem (This is especially helpful in math!)
Different ways to take notes:
1. Number or letter your notes
2. Highlight words in your notes
3. Use bullets or stars in your notes
4. Use charts
Follow along with text-active process
Review and Discuss
Young and emergent readers who are unable or in the early stages of learning to read
Mental Images “Making pictures in our head!”
1. Activate background knowledge
3. Analyzing text structure
4. Creating mental images
Reiterates previously learned concepts
Examples: Games, Online Books
Use multiple strategies!
Teach one strategy at a time
Consider Zone of Proximal Development
Each strategy will work differently for each student and each text
Other fun methods to teach and incorporate comprehension strategies
Objectively assess reading comprehension
Creating a print-rich environment