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A resource for people passionate about helping students write well, compiled by Karen Haag
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- Fix-Up Strategies : What To Do When Reading Stops Making Sense
- Connections: Understanding Reading by Using What You Know
- Asking Questions: Student-Centered Conversation to Boost Comprehension and Test Scores
- Inference: Combining Background Information With Evidence
- Visualization: Using Symbolism to Understand Concepts, Visualizing to Connect and Infer
- Determining Importance: Determining Main Ideas and Themes
- Writing Nonfiction Books
- Synthesizing: Making Meaning My Own
In these workshops, Karen introduces participants to the seven proficient reader strategies outlined in Mosaic of Thought by Ellin Keene and Susan Zimmermann. Because students call words but don't always understand what they read and students miss the deeper meanings of text, they need explicit modeling. We now have research to show that reading skills improve when taught these strategies. Students read better. However...
Many teachers find teaching comprehension strategies a challenge, most likely because they have not been taught to do such teaching. -The National Reading Panel
For ten years, Karen has collected lessons, texts, visuals, handouts and videos to share so teachers can see how to do such teaching. Workshop participants learn to create engaging, structured talk activities to coax students to think about their thinking and, as a result, deepen their comprehension. Karen shows teachers how to add teacher-led reading circles as a precursor or complement to independent literature circles to boost comprehension for all reading levels.
Karen's videos of students in action are a powerful tool for reaching teachers. In addition, Karen offers unique participant-only downloads on her website, www.liketoread.com. Plus, participants get easy-to-follow lesson plans to help them start putting theory into practice.
