Thank you. This seems very similar to search and destroy method that we currently use. I'm glad to know that whatever we call it those strategies are important in helping students to understand what they read. Also, the vocabulary strategy you mentioned, I will share. At times, content area teachers like students to find the meaning of words on their own usually with the help of a dictionary but research shows that strategy does not work. It needs to be explicitly taught and with pictures! Awesome! Thanks again
Lascelia Dacres On 7/21/10 1:25 PM, C McLoughlin wrote: > My favorite approach to reading in the content areas is SQ3R. It > incorporates > previewing, questioning, monitoring for comprehension, and summarizing. It > gives students a method with which to break down difficult texts. It does > need > to be directly and explicitly taught and reviewed a few times before students > can apply it independently, but that is true for all strategies. It can be > very > effective for expository text, and I've used it successfully in teaching > social > studies and science. A graphic organizer that leads them through the steps > can > be helpful for students who find it difficult to assimilate the process. > > > Also very important - and this is more a teaching strategy than a reading > strategy per se - is explicitly teaching key vocabulary upfront, with > pictorial > support where possible, so that the students have the best opportunity to > comprehend the major concepts, which are assumedly associated with the > vocabulary. > > > Carol Mc > Reading Specialist/ESL Teacher > > > ----- Forwarded Message ---- > From: Lascelia Cadienne Dacres <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wed, July 21, 2010 10:30:12 AM > Subject: [MOSAIC] Comprehension in Content Areas > > Hello Everyone, > I am a Learning Team Facilitator (curriculum specialist) and I work with > other > teachers in the various content areas such as social studies, math, and > science > etc. At my middle school, we want our students to use the same strategies in > their different classes.We believe it will be easier for students to see how > reading strategies are relevant outside of their reading class. As Reading > Specialists, teachers with a reading background, your suggestions are very > important. What are some comprehension strategies that you think will work > well > in the content areas described above? and why? > Thank you in Advance for your Responses, > Lascelia Dacres > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
