My Approach to Reading Comprehension
Fiction Reading Power
Developed by Adrienne Gear: http://www.readingpowergear.com/
What is Reading Power?
Reading Power is a reading comprehension program that helps students develop comprehension skills to become more powerful readers and thinkers. The five comprehension strategies, or Reading Powers, are:
1.) Connect: – What does the story remind me of? What does this story make me think of? Types of connections are: Text to Self (connecting with something about yourself), Text to Text (connecting with another story), Text to World (connecting with something in the world)
2.) Question: – What am I wondering about this story? What questions do I have before reading, during reading and after reading?
3). Visualize: – What pictures or movies can I make in my head while reading this story?
4). Infer: – What am I thinking about this story that isn’t actually written? What clues is the author leaving me that I need to solve?
5.) Transform: – How has my thinking changed because of this story? What do I think now that I didn't think before I read this story?
What are the Key Ideas?
Learning to read involves two distinct, yet equally important components:
1). Decoding – the ability to read the words on the page with fluency and accuracy
2.) Comprehension –the ability to construct meaning from the text. Comprehension strategies need to be taught directly and explicitly so that students can understand what “thinking” looks like and sounds like.
Meta-cognition, or “awareness of thinking,” is an important component to this program.
Teachers and parents can model their thinking voice while they read to and with children to help teach and reinforce the strategies.
We have two voices: a “speaking voice” and a “thinking voice.” Good readers pay attention to their thinking voice while they read.
Nonfiction Reading Power
What is Non-Fiction Reading Power?
Non-Fiction Reading Power is a reading comprehension program that helps students develop comprehension skills to become more powerful readers and thinkers. The five comprehension strategies, or Non-Fiction Reading Powers, are:
1). Zoom-In: Active readers recognize, locate and are able to interpret non-fiction text features.
2.) Question/Infer: Active readers ask questions and make inferences to further their understanding of non-fiction texts.
3.) Determine Importance: Active readers are able to find the main ideas in non-fiction texts.
4.) Connect: Active readers make connections to experiences and background knowledge to enhance their understanding of non-fiction texts.
5.) Transform: Active readers are able to recognize a change in their own thinking, perception, or perspective through reading a piece of non-fiction text.
Key Non-Fiction Questions:
How does reading information texts differ from reading stories?
Does our brain engage in the same way?
Developed by Adrienne Gear: http://www.readingpowergear.com/
What is Reading Power?
Reading Power is a reading comprehension program that helps students develop comprehension skills to become more powerful readers and thinkers. The five comprehension strategies, or Reading Powers, are:
1.) Connect: – What does the story remind me of? What does this story make me think of? Types of connections are: Text to Self (connecting with something about yourself), Text to Text (connecting with another story), Text to World (connecting with something in the world)
2.) Question: – What am I wondering about this story? What questions do I have before reading, during reading and after reading?
3). Visualize: – What pictures or movies can I make in my head while reading this story?
4). Infer: – What am I thinking about this story that isn’t actually written? What clues is the author leaving me that I need to solve?
5.) Transform: – How has my thinking changed because of this story? What do I think now that I didn't think before I read this story?
What are the Key Ideas?
Learning to read involves two distinct, yet equally important components:
1). Decoding – the ability to read the words on the page with fluency and accuracy
2.) Comprehension –the ability to construct meaning from the text. Comprehension strategies need to be taught directly and explicitly so that students can understand what “thinking” looks like and sounds like.
Meta-cognition, or “awareness of thinking,” is an important component to this program.
Teachers and parents can model their thinking voice while they read to and with children to help teach and reinforce the strategies.
We have two voices: a “speaking voice” and a “thinking voice.” Good readers pay attention to their thinking voice while they read.
Nonfiction Reading Power
What is Non-Fiction Reading Power?
Non-Fiction Reading Power is a reading comprehension program that helps students develop comprehension skills to become more powerful readers and thinkers. The five comprehension strategies, or Non-Fiction Reading Powers, are:
1). Zoom-In: Active readers recognize, locate and are able to interpret non-fiction text features.
2.) Question/Infer: Active readers ask questions and make inferences to further their understanding of non-fiction texts.
3.) Determine Importance: Active readers are able to find the main ideas in non-fiction texts.
4.) Connect: Active readers make connections to experiences and background knowledge to enhance their understanding of non-fiction texts.
5.) Transform: Active readers are able to recognize a change in their own thinking, perception, or perspective through reading a piece of non-fiction text.
Key Non-Fiction Questions:
How does reading information texts differ from reading stories?
Does our brain engage in the same way?