If reading aloud helps get the little audiophones made out of pvc pipe. Don't worry about what happens next year--let them do what helps now--they will improve and like reading, which is the most important thing! Have you tried letting them do the stories with a partner? I realize you can't do that on a test but they can do some practice stories that way. Laura
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tracy Bottrill Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 5:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [MOSAIC] Comprehension Instruction for Primary Grades I have been following this list-serv for about a month. There has been a lot of discussion on comprehension startegies, what works and what doesn't. Many of the discussions were aimed at intermediate grade levels and higher. I'm looking for some help in a primary classroom. I teach in an inner-city first grade inclusion classroom. While we teach comprehension startegies such as retelling/summarizing and model question asking techniques about the stroy structure. Our students struggle when it comes to taking an independent reading assessment in the reading series we use. The reading assessment usually consists of 3-4 stories followed by 5-6 comprehension questions for each story. I believe the majority of the problem is the maturity level of first graders. It's hard for most of them to focus on an independent task to begin with. What would be some techniques in instructing them to be better test takers at this age? I only allow them to do one story per day, so that they won't feel overwhelmed. I stress the importance of going back to the story and underlining their answer within the story. I hesistate to have them read aloud to an adult each time because they might not have that support in the following years classroom. Help! I know they are capable of doing better then they do on these assessments. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
