Download - Reading for High-Ability Students
Reading for
High-Ability
StudentsChris Bergman
Annie OrsiniSummer 2010
InstructionCurriculumEnvironment
Learner
Characteristics & Needs
of Gifted Readers
Thinking about Perspective, Imagination, & More
Duck, Rabbit Video
• http://www.amazon.com/gp/mpd/permalink/m296GUZCI50OD
Questioning
Related Links from A Place to Wonder
• http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_x9TUFDuDl6k/S9ZBAlF8KMI/AAAAAAAAA4k/GTiG29ZNGrk/s1600/DSC00936.JPG
• http://creativeliteracy.blogspot.com/2010/04/second-grade-wonder-walk.html
Search Stories
• http://mashable.com/2010/04/21/sesame-street-releases-google-search-story-parodies-videos/
• http://www.youtube.com/user/SearchStories
“The way a book is read – which is to say, the qualities a reader brings to a book – can have as much to do with its worth as anything the author puts into it.”
~Norman Cousins, editor and writer
Comprehension StrategiesSchemaInferring
QuestioningDetermining
ImportanceCreating Mental
ImagesSynthesizingMetacognition
Schema
Making connections using our prior knowledge – our lives, another text, the world– That reminds me of…– I’m remembering…– I have a connection to…– I have schema for…– I can relate to…
(McGregor,2007)
Inferring
Schema + Text Clues = Inference– My guess is…– Maybe…– It could be that…– This could mean…– I predict…– I infer…
(McGregor,2007)
Questioning
Generate questions before, during, & after reading to help understand (realizing that some will be not answered in the text)– I wonder…– What if…– Why…– How could…
(McGregor,2007)
Determining Importance
What matters most? What’s the important thing?– What’s important here is…– One thing that we should notice…– I want to remember…– It’s interesting that…
(McGregor,2007)
Creating Mental Images
Visualizing the movie in your mind using your senses– I’m picturing…– I can imagine…– I can feel/see/smell/taste/touch/hear…– My mental images include…
(McGregor,2007)
Synthesizing
Changing your thinking along the way– Now I understand why…– I’m changing my mind about…– I used to think __________, but now I think…– My new thinking is…– I’m beginning to think…
(McGregor,2007)
Metacognition
Thinking about thinking– I’m thinking…– I’m noticing…– I’m wondering…– I’m seeing…– I’m feeling
(McGregor,2007)
Book Clubs & Response
Exquisite Corpse
• http://www.read.gov/exquisite-corpse/
Differentiated Reading Strategies
Schoolwide Enrichment Model – Reading
• Goals– To increase enjoyment in
reading– To encourage students to
pursue challenging independent reading
– To improve reading fluency, reading, and comprehension, and increase self-regulation in reading, thus leading to higher reading achievement scores
Components of the SEM-R Frameworkfrom http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/SEMR
Phase 1 - Exposure Phase 2 - Training & Self-Selected
Reading
Phase 3 - Interest & Choice
Components• High-interest books to
read aloud• Higher-order thinking
probing questions• Bookmarks for
teachers with questions regarding Bloom's Taxonomy, biography, character, illustrations and other topics relevant to the study of literature
Training and discussions on Supported Independent Reading
Supported Independent Reading
One-on-one teacher conferences on reading strategies and instruction
Bookmarks for students posing higher-order questions regarding character, plot, setting, considering the story, and other useful topics.
Introducing creative thinking
Exploring the Internet Genre studies Literary exploration Responding to books Investigation centers Focus on biographies Buddy reading Books on tape Literature circles Creative or expository writing
Type III investigations
Type I Activities Type II ActivitiesType II & Type III
Investigations
“Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid of standing still.”
~Bertie Kingore
Choosing Challenging Books
• Children’s Literature Blogs• Choices Booklists from International
Reading Association– http://www.reading.org/Resources/
Booklists.aspx • Carol Hurst’s Children Literature Site
– www.carolhurst.com•Click on “Subjects” or “Curriculum Areas” for books related to specific themes.
• Your students!
Gotta Keep Reading! Video
• http://www.schooltube.com/video/e9bd79d29b4d0e6a2345/Gotta-Keep-Reading-Ocoee-Middle-School
Homework• Read assigned
article. Respond in a Top 10 list, recipe, poem, or another creative format.
• Prepare book talk.– Basics (title,
author, publication information)
– Why or how you chose the book
– Set up the story– Connections
“If we teach students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.” ~John Dewey
Enhancing Social-Emotional Development
“The Perils and Promises of Praise”
• http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/oct07/vol65/num02/The-Perils-and-Promises-of-Praise.aspx
21st Century Learning
Related Links• Vision Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8
• Examples of Educational Wikis: http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+educational+wikis
• Plain English Video: http://www.commoncraft.com/video-wikis-plain-english • Kidblog.org
• Allaboutexplorers.com
Writing & Mentor Texts
Poetry
Integrating the Arts
There's no such thing as the perfect lesson, the perfect day in school or the perfect teacher. For teachers and students alike, the goal is not perfection but persistence in the pursuit of understanding important things.
~Tomlinson & McTighe
Reflection
• Journal– What are you
walking away with?
– How you can apply this in your educational setting?
• Lesson Plan– E-mail to [email protected]
– Due by June 18
Content Bibliography• Some of My Best Friends Are Books: Guiding Gifted Readers from
Preschool to High School by Judith Wynn Halsted• Literature Links: Activities for Gifted Readers by Teresa Smith
Maiello• Autonomous Learner Model: Optimizing Ability by George Betts &
Jolene Kurcher• Recognizing Gifted Potential: Planned Experiences with the KOI by
Bertie Kingore• Differentiation: Simplified, Realistic, and Effective by Bertie Kingore• Nonfiction Mentor Texts: Teaching Informational Writing Through
Children’s Literature,K-8 by Lynne Dorfman & Rose Cappelli• The Reviser’s Toolbox by Barry Lane• But How Do You Teach Writing? by Barry Lane• Make It Real by Linda Hoyt• Snapshots by Linda Hoyt
Content Bibliography• Reading with Meaning by Debbie Miller• Comprehension Connections: Bridges to Strategic Reading by
Tanny McGregor• Strategies that Work: Teaching Comprehension for Understanding
and Engagment by Stephanie Harvey & Anne Goudvis• Comprehension & Collaboration: Inquiry Circles in Action by
Stephanie Harvey & Harvey Daniels• Mosaic of Thought: The Power of Comprehension Strategy
Instruction by Susan Zimmerman & Ellin Oliver Keene• Websites Used:
– http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/SEMR– http://www.bertiekingore.com– http://www.choiceliteracy.com