Reading with comprehension
BIFS students are taught to read through the reading workshop model while using the 7 Keys to Comprehension (Written by Susan Zimmermann). The 7 Keys include, visualizing, asking questions, making connections, making inferences, determining importance, synthesizing, and "fix-ups." Below is a brief summary of each "Key."
Visualization Make mental images in our minds while reading "Playing a movie in your head" - Ms. Waldman Connect reading to sensory images such as taste, touch, sight, sound... Asking Questions Asking why, how, what, who, where questions while reading..."I wonder..." Making Connections T-S (Text to Self connections) The reading reminds students about a past experience..."This reminds me of..." T-T (Text to Text connections) Students are able to relate the reading to another book or even movie they have read. T-W (Text to World connections) The students can relate the reading to a place, event, or time somewhere in the world Making Inferences Draw conclusions and make predictions Put clues together to figure out things that are happening in the story that are not written down (e.i. a character's feelings) Go beyond the words on the page Determining Importance Have a purpose for reading Look at titles, headings, bold print, italics, high-lighting, pictures, captions, graphs, to find out what matters in the text Synthesize Think back about what you read What does it mean to you? How does it relate to what you know? "Fix Ups!" Strategies to use if meaning breaks down while you read...
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LINKS and docsReading logsWe use a google form like this one to log our reading. We invite our guests to fill it out, so we can see what they are reading.
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