1 texts to read using premium resources to improve reading interest and comprehension
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Texts to ReadUsing premium resources to improve reading interest and comprehension.
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What will students read?
• Textbooks• Supplementary Materials
• Problems:• - Interest in reading material is low
• - Ability to comprehend is low
Solutions:
HI--LO Texts
-High Interest when they read something relevant or current to them.
-Lower reading levels assure better comprehension for emerging and growing readers.
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Lexile Scores
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Choosing texts for students
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Comprehension
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Grade-Level Equivalents
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The All-Access Pass•Premium Subscription content•Free to teachers, students in Utah• Magazines• Newspapers• Professional Journals• Images• Maps• Audio and music
http://pioneer.uen.org
http://pioneer-library.org/support_materials/downloads/newpioneer.pdf
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The web site
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For comparison’s sake...
1. Textbook passage
2. Magazine article
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DEMO - EBSCO Student Research Center• http://pioneer.uen.org• Choose the Database from the “General Reference
Collection” • Example: EBSCO
• Choose service • Example: “Student Research Center”
• Search for a topic • Example: “bullying”
• “Filter results by”… • Example: Magazines
• “Narrow Results By” ... • Example: Subject > “Facebook (Web resource)”
• Click on the article for:• Citation• PDF Full Text• HTML Full Text
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DEMO - SIRS Issue Researcher1. http://pioneer.uen.org
2. Choose the Database from the “General Reference Collection”• Example: SIRS Issue Researcher
3. Search for a topic • Example: “Energy Dependency” from “Leading Issues”
4. “Sort results by” ... • Example: “Lexile Score - Low to High”
5. “Narrow your results” ... • Example: Newspapers
6. “Go to” ... • Summary• Citation• PDF copies of original articles• Audio MP3 of the article (computer read)
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Variations• Have students conduct the search for relevant texts (advanced). Give students a focused search to get one or two articles on a pre-selected term or topic
• Research practice: ask students to cite two or more pieces of evidence from an article that supports a claim.
• Ask students to search the newspaper for articles related to classroom discussion, and include the reading of those articles as a review of content discussions in class.
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What Can Go Wrong?
• Access• Do I need to print or make
copies?
• Too Long• What portion of the text
should I use?
• Time to search• When will I find time to
find texts online?
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What Can Go Wrong?
•Fluent and Disfluent readers in the same class• Option 1: Homogenous
grouping • Option 2: Heterogeneous
grouping
•This kind of reading builds fluency!
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Assessment
• Pre- and Post-: Check understanding of key vocabulary
• Post: Using brief comprehension questions
• Impact: End of level testing is impacted by comprehension of snippets of text
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Online Tutorials• http://pioneer.uen.org• Click on Support Materials link at top of page • Online tutorials link near bottom of the page…
• Example: Leading Issues through SIRS Issues Researcher• http://www.proquestk12.com/landings/SIRS_Researcher_2/
SIRS_Res_Context/SIRS_Issues_Researcher_Context.shtml
• Get Help from your Library Media Teacher
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Your turn...
•Generate a list of four lessons that you could find an article that could make the topic more relevant for your students.
•Share with neighbors/group.
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References• http://lexile.com/about-lexile/lexile-overview/
• http://pioneer.uen.org
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