Meaning Skills PLC Week 3 Resources, Comprehension

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**Chapter 7 of Applying **Inspire a Life of Reading: Lesson You can use the CCRS- Research in Reading Plans to Engage Adult Beginning Correlation chart to Instructions for Adults by Susan Readers by Cheryl Knight, help you know what level McShane Appalachian State University is best suited for your This chapter of McShane's book This manual includes activities in learners. focuses on the topic of the areas of assessment, comprehension. There are also , word Lexile.com is a nice site a few sample activities for analysis, , , and fluency. comprehension. Activities are that you can paste or type complete with goals and a text into in order to get The objectives, directions, handouts, the lexile level. Subgroup Report on Fluency game boards, and materials lists. This report contains an All activities are correlated with Here is a link for question executive summary from each reading competencies and are stems for all of the CCRS subgroup that introduces the appropriate for individuals, teams, reading anchors topic area, outlines the group's or large groups. For lesson plans methodology, and highlights the incorporating comprehension, see Watch this video from a questions and results from each p. 89-156; for lesson plans California adult reading subgroup. This is an excellent incorporating relia (i.e. use of real- class for an example of a resource for anyone who wishes life documents/contextualized think aloud integrated into to understand the science and lessons), see p. 277-342. (.pdf) the gradual release methodology behind the model of instruction. evidence-based assessment **Creating Authentic Materials and Instructor Guillermo conducted by the NRP. (.pdf) Activities for the Adult Verdin is teaching the Classroom class to identify the topic Research-Based Principles for This publication from NCSALL of a reading passage, an Adult Education, by John provides some examples of initial step in creating a Kruidenier, a comprehensive authentic texts (p. 43-55), the summary. analysis of reading instruction purpose behind selecting For an example of the research and how it applies to authentic texts (p. 56-66), and kind of a adult education. some examples of authentic teacher might use when themes (p. 67-88) that can be thinking aloud about a The McGraw-Hill monograph used in an adult education complex literary text, see "Effective Use of the Gradual classroom this example based on a Release Model" by Douglas Poe short story. Fischer located in the resource LINCS, the federally funded adult (.pdf) section below the video; the education site for professional Here is a packet of development, communities of graphic organizers for

Updated 8/25/20 pyramid graphic on page 4 practice, and free resources has summarizing. provides a useful visual. led a discussion about comprehension. If you are not a For the Teachers: Has 3 Reading Rockets definition of member of LINCS, it is free and a levels of text on the same think aloud. Here is a checklist of great place for adult educators topic—good for multi- think aloud stems. from around the country to share, level classrooms discuss, and learn. somebody-wanted-but-so Newsela.com has great graphic organizers ProLiteracy provides some articles that you can general guidelines for beginning a Get more information on adjust by lexile level. It is think aloud. collaborative cloze. This article (.pdf) free to create an account, but there is also a paid discusses individual vs. This article discusses how much subscription which gives collaborative cloze and gives an background knowledge is you more access to example on page 246. necessary to understand a text materials. (the answer may surprise you!) ReadingSkills4Today This site provides leveled A short article about Adult Literacy Readers: 6 reading specifically designed techniques. While it is written course packs specifically with adults in mind. It has 3 about an elementary class, the designed for adult different speeds of audio concepts and skills are the same learners; can also listen recording, and several activities for adults. to passages online. to go with each story. (They used to be called Marshall Adult : Common Lit: 3rd-12th Education). They also have a Research and Teaching Strategies grade passages; Spanish site specifically for by the California Department of texts available; can related to health care. Adult Education create “classes” and have This short research digest on students read online Read more about good and poor reading comprehension is one of a readers.(.pdf) series that reviews the four Readworks.org has components of reading. This leveled articles that you The 2002 report Reading for digest contains a discussion of can search by topic. They Understanding. Click the current research on also have a lot of paired “download full PDF” button on comprehension, provides text sets. the right side of the screen if you references, and suggests want to read the full report. strategies for teaching Procon.org: pro/con on comprehension to adult learners. Kletzien’s 2009 article man topics; give historical "Paraphrasing: An Effective (.pdf) timeline of issue.

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RAP: This three-step strategy Reciprocal Teaching for the here is another set of asks learners to read, ask Primary Grades: “We Can Do It, graphic organizers questions, and put information in Too!” by Paola Pilonieta and their own words. Adriana L. Medina Although News for You by New geared to K-5 settings, this in- Reader's Press Keep/Substitute/Delete: This depth article provides detailed This is a weekly paper summarization strategy provides advice on implementing a that summarizes current more detail on how to distinguish reciprocal teaching model in the events for the low to important from unimportant classroom. intermediate level adult information. reader. Subscription, but 10 Important Words: This NOTE: some resources are free. summarization activity engages students in collaborative learning Change Agent as they discuss why certain This social justice themed words from a reading passage newsletter publishes work are important; it segues well with by and for adult learners. vocabulary instruction. The website features Use these questioning stem audio clips for many of handouts to help learners the stories. generate their own questions. There is one for learners with EreadingWorksheets has lower reading comprehension many activities for and one for learners with higher different reading and reading comprehension. comprehension skills. reciprocal teaching, brings together prediction, question generation, summarization, and clarification ReadWriteThink.org has handouts on reciprocal teaching guidelines (.pdf) and notes (.pdf) that may be helpful if adopting this approach.

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