Post on 02-Jan-2016
What Makes Good Readers Great and Poor Readers Weak?
Cheryl Hutchinson, M. Ed.Loudoun County Public Schools
National Board Certified Teacher
Candidate Support Provider
LCPS Staff Development
August 31, 2009
Why me?
Why this topic?
Who are you?
Goals for our session today…..
What is literacy? What do good readers do that make them great? review how the human brain works dependent readers vs. independent readers Why do poor readers struggle? tips for remembering what you read reading strategies
Are you a literate person?
Are you sure???
Your father is in the hospital. To educate yourself on his condition you read medical journals and articles.
Here is one of the opening sentences you read:
“The endosteum (en-dos-tee-uhm) is the vascular connective tissue lining the marrow cavities of the bones.”
Let’s try another a few more…
You buy an unassembled piece of furniture and encounter these instructions:
“Fasten flange G to tie-rod Q using hex nut R and a socket wrench.”
8th grade math book:“Write a compound inequality for the range of normal body temp.“Explain the difference between the words and and or in a compound inequality.
6th grade science book: “A very unusual protozoan is the euglena (yoo-glee-nuh). It is bright green. A euglena moves by using a thread-like whip. Euglenas eat bacteria, other protozoan, and plant-like living things. But they can also make food. Notice the euglena has chloroplasts.
HUH?
Are you a dependent reader
or aindependent reader?
Activity
When the text gets tough…
Dependent Readers…• Stop• Appeal to the teacher• Read on through/Skip• Keep the mostly invisible
process of comprehension at the invisible level
• Lack confidence and reluctant to go on
Independent Readers…• Figure out what’s confusing
them• Set goals for getting through
the reading• Use many strategies to
create understanding• Have confidence to
persevere
When Kids Can’t Read by Kylene Beers
What makes a good reader great?
Activity
What Good Readers Do- Kylene Beers
Recognize the purpose for reading is to get meaning Use of a variety of comprehension strategies Make Inferences Use of prior knowledge Monitor understanding Question author’s purpose and point of view Evaluate their engagement and enjoyment Know the meaning of many words Read fluently
A Quick Peak At Our Brain
Highly VisualSeeks Patterns
EmotionalNeeds Relevance
Remembers 70% When PracticingRemembers 90+% When Teaching Someone Else
6th grade science book: “A very unusual protozoan is the euglena (yoo-glee-nuh). It is bright green. A euglena moves by using a thread-like whip. Euglenas eat bacteria, other protozoan, and plant-like living things. But they can also make food. Notice the euglena has chloroplasts.
euglena
protozoan
bright green
moves by using a thread-like whip
eats bacteria
makes food
chloroplasts
Top Ten Tips to Help Struggling Readers - Molly Ness
1. Prepare students BEFORE reading.2. Support students DURING reading.3. Help readers extend meaning AFTER reading4. Scaffold summary writing.5. Ask quality comprehension questions.6. Model metacognition7. Arm them with study strategies8. Integrate writing everywhere.9. Provide explicitly vocabulary instruction.10. Increase fluency to increase comprehension.
8 Tips to Remember What You Read - Dr. Bill Klemm
1. Set and read with a purpose2. Skim first.3. Get the reading mechanics right (decoding and fluency).4. Be judicious in highlighting and note taking5. Think in pictures6. Rehearse as you go along7. Stay within your attention span and work to increase that span.8. Rehearse again soon
Activity
Researcher Marzano indicates that a student needs to interact at least SIX times with a word, concept or skill for 50% retention/understanding to take place.
Before/During/After
What does it mean to pre-read?
What does it mean to
actively read?
Resources
• Reader’s Handbook by Great Source Education Group
• When Kids Can’t Read by Kylene Beers
• Reading Reasons by Kelly Gallagher
• Brain Matters by Patricia Wolfe
If you remember nothing else…
Read, Read, Read – to them, with them, listening to them read Use Before, During and After reading strategies The brain is highly visual The brain remembers 75% of what it practices and 90+% of what it teaches Provide your students with a wide variety of strategies
to comprehend what they are reading Allow your students to co-create meaning and
learning therefore teaching themselves and others