- Chapter 5-Well Read: Promoting Comprehension through Read Alouds and Shared Readings "...deeper understandings of the connections between reading and learning have caused content area teachers to reexamine sound literacy practices in their classrooms" (McKenna & Robinson, 1990).
This statement says it all. Content teachers can no longer assume that students come to them able to comprehend what they read. This chapter describes how to use read alouds and shared readings in a middle level setting.
- Ch. 5 Reading Assignment Follow the link to review this assignment.
- Polish Ghetto Attached Files:
- Strategies that Work with Stephanie Harvey Follow the link to review the edition of Strategies that Work, where you will find links to the chapters. Review the site and then select one chapter to read more thoroughly.
Come to class prepared to share what you read.
- Read-Aloud Rubric for Self Assessment Attached Files:
- read-aloudrubric.doc (32.5 KB)
- Science WOW Factory This website contains several readers theater scripts that could be used in a science classroom.
- Literature Groups in Content Classrooms Attached Files:
- lit groups reflect.pdf (63.322 KB)
- litcircposters.pdf (57.973 KB)
- Nonfiction Literature Circles
- Conversation with Daniels and Harvey
- Literature Circles: Getting Started
- Moving Beyond the Page in Content Area Literacy: Comprehension Instruction for Multimodal Texts in Science Attached Files:
- content.pdf (274.601 KB)
- "Walking the Walk" with Teacher Education Candidates: Strategies for Promoting Active Engagement With Assigned Readings Attached Files:
- active engagement with preservice teachers.pdf (753.25 KB)
- Reading Partnership Planning Guide
- Reading in the Disciplines Attached Files:
- ReadingInTheDisciplines.pdf (792.042 KB)
Council on Advancing Adolescent Literacy. We will discuss this during class. - Science Read Alouds
- Read these for Class! Comprehension Articles Attached Files:
- os1_002.pdf (2.775 MB)
- vsi.pdf (1.61 MB)
- Ch. 5 Shared Reading Artifact For your artifact this week, you will follow the format found in the articles you were to read for class. You will also find an example of the artifact in the next posting.
Please go to the Assignment section to post your work.
- Shared Reading Artifact Example Attached Files:
- Shared Reading Example.docx (102.604 KB)