read & write

Monitoring comprehension
Readers need explicit instruction to:
·        Become aware of their thinking as they read
·        Listen to their inner voice and notice when they veer away from an inner conversation with the text
·        Detect obstacles and confusions that derail understanding
·        Understanding how strategies can help repair meaning when it breaks down.
We explicitly teach readers to:
·        Track [...]

The book is the greatest interactive medium of all time.  You can underline t, Write in the Margins, fold down a page, and skip ahead. And you can take it anywhere.
Michael Lynton
The Components of Active Literacy
Reading, writing, talking, listening and investigating to engage in the world of issues and ideas, to enhance understanding and to [...]

Stephanie Harvey – comprehension – notes from 2-5-06
 
Comprehension is having an inner conversation with yourself in your head while reading.
·        The number one way – talk about it
·        Active literacy
o       Readers need to be significantly more active
o       teachers are doing too much of the work in school
o       Students should be doing most of the work
Purposeful [...]

I have created this blog as a way of sharing the information from the many opportunities I have of thinking about the topics of reading and writing.  K-8 educators will benefit from the postings to a greater degree than secondary or above.  I would appreciate a comment if only to say “I read it” to let [...]

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