I'm going to jump into the middle of this thought from Jennifer. She wrote about the struggles the 5th graders were having,
We have been using the Comprehension Toolkit and had been working for about 3 weeks on making connections. When I sat down with my coteacher and looked at student work, there were several students who said they "had no connections" and others who seemed to be making less than authentic connections. When you began to name the connections they were able to hook on to them. As a distant reader, I also noticed what you may have missed. You had spent 3 weeks immersing them, talking with them, modeling and coteaching. Vygotsky would be proud. I think it was all this foundation work that led up to the big "Ah-ha's". Without the immersion, we are not providing students the support they need. Your 5th graders- They struggle with comprehension for many reasons...some (about 50% ) truly have oral language delays or weaknesses, others have attention issues, still others fluency problems. Are the same as my 2nd graders. You are their guide on this journey. (Embedded image moved to file: pic11324.gif)
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