Pat- the organizers I use are pretty standard - I like Vicki
Benson's triange/square/circle for retelling, basic story maps,
somebody-wanted-but-so-then, semantic feature maps, nothing
particularly fancy.? I also frontoad the elements of the genre so
they know what to be on the alert for.? I have visuals with "key
words" - for example, in cause/effect we start simply with "because,
so and since."? Then once they understand the relationships, we move
to short text where the cause/effect relationships are inferred.?
Lots of short text before moving to longer text.?
I hope this helps.
Martha
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From: Patricia Kimathi <[email protected]>
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Sent: Thu, 28 May 2009 7:07 am
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] How to teach comprehension to fluent reader
Martha,?
Do you have certain graphic organizers that are successful with a
particular structure??
Thanking you in advance?
Pat K.?
On May 27, 2009, at 7:05 PM, [email protected] wrote:?
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I have often found that kiddos like these benefit from explicit >
instruction in text structure.? Focus on a particular structure, >
e.g., realistic fiction/narrative - identify the elements and >
provide a visual/graphic organizer to scaffold the understanding of
> the structure.? By having an understanding of the structure of
the > text, they have a way to organize their thinking which then
permits > them to make connections, summarize, etc.?
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It takes time and focus, but it does work.?
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Sent: Wed, 27 May 2009 10:07 am?
Subject: [MOSAIC] How to teach comprehension to fluent reader?
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I am a third grade teacher with a class made up largely of English?
language learners . I have one student who has continuously?
challenged me this year. She is a fluent reader (latest assessment?
on a grade level text was 97% accuracy and 106 wcpm), but her?
comprehension is terrible. Even when I allow her to use a book to?
retell/answer questions/etc, she still struggles with even the most?
basic of comprehension skills.?
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I have tried a variety of things throughout the year that my other?
students seem to benefit from, but I just haven't found what works?
for this particular student.?
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Please let me know of any strategies you have found that work to?
help an already fluent reader comprehend what she is reading.?
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Thank you!!!?
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Emily Welch?
Third Grade?
Russell Jones Elementary?
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