PPT-Improving inference and comprehension skills

Context Whole school focus on literacy in particular writing From work in literacy interventions I decided to focus on reading in particular inference and comprehension This was the focus for research. Usually involves a mysterious death or a crime to be solved In a closed circle of suspects each suspect must have a credible motive and a reasonable oppor tunity for committing the crime The central character must be a detective who eventually solv Presented By: Ms. . Seawright. What does it mean to make an inference?. Make an inference.. Use what you already know.. The inference equation. WHAT I READ. Use quotes from the text and not page number for future references. Building Blocks of the . Reading Process. Why is reading comprehension important? . NCLB – reading scores are critical to making AYP and everything that goes along with it. Content-Area reading comprehension continues to suffer – impacting students ability to independently process complex ideas. About Headsprout. Headsprout . is an adaptive learning software company . that . creates reading products that are effective, easy to use, engaging and fun. . Headsprout was founded in 1999 and is . b. An Early Grade Literacy Assessment . Jenny Hobbs. Senior Education Adviser. Expanding EGRA: The Early Grade Literacy Assessment and its contribution to language instruction in Liberia . Marcia . Davidson, Senior Education Advisor. of Informational Text. Chapter 9. Reflections on Informational Text. Do you recall going through a slump in your reading development, when you lacked the motivation and skills to read a textbook?. If so, how did you get over that slump?. “ANIMAL INTEGRATION IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME”. A VISIT TO THE VET CLINIC -“ALUNVET”- . ,. Com. ă. ne. ș. ti. , Romania. November 24. th. , 2015. Participants to the visit at the vet clinic. The Two Tested Strategies:. “Marginalia:” Commonly known at “Think . Alouds. ”. Using this strategy, students are asked to make quick responses to a series of six questions as they read. . It is best if students respond within the text itself, rather than on a separate piece of paper. . Electronic . texts introduce new supports as well as new challenges that can have a great impact on an individual's ability to comprehend what he or she reads. . Proficiency . in the new literacies of the Internet will become essential to our students' literacy . (Students who started Yr7 with . R. eading Ages 2 yrs+ BARE and/or have Dyslexia/. SpLD. ). Yr7 = 26% . (. Una. currently works with 30 of these). Yr 8 = 18%. Yr 9 = 16%. Yr 10 = 13%. Currently there is an All Party Parliamentary Group on Dyslexia, campaigning to make Dyslexia training mandatory for all teachers.. Objectives:. To know how to develop source inference skills. To . be able to use sources to identify a range of attitudes towards the developments of . anaesthetics. To understand the development of anaesthetics. Michael C. McKenna. University of Virginia. mcm7g@virginia.edu. •. •. •. •. •. c. omprehensivereadingsolutions.com. Why assess?. To plan . instruction. Screening. Diagnostic. To . see if it . Timothy Shanahan. University of Illinois at Chicago. www.shanahanonliteracy.com. Purpose of Presentation. To provide a framework for thinking about the improvement of early literacy (PreK-3). To provide a review of the major . Presented by: Barbara Adams, M.A., CCC-SLP & Tammy Hutchings, M.S., CCC-SLP. Overview. 1) Statistics. 2) Simple View to Current Models of Reading. 3) Development of Reading. 4) Language and Reading Connections.