Week 12

What good readers must do:

· Use prior knowledge

· Make predictions

· Ask questions, not only to the teacher but to themselves as well

· Make connections to their own lives and their prior knowledge

· Reread for meaning and understanding

What teachers do to develop comprehension:

· Motivate their students

· Model good reading behaviors

· Teach good strategies and provide good practice

· Encourage writing

· Help build their students vocabulary

How teachers can help their struggling readers:

· You can use the same strategies for non-struggling readers but make them more intense and more in depth

· Monitor the student more closely to see specifically what they are doing wrong so you can then show the proper adjustments for them to make

After viewing this video I have seen many positive tools that I could use in my classroom as far as teaching my students about comprehension. This video has shown me the many important factors that go in to monitoring your student’s comprehension for all types of readers. It is important to teach strategies to your students and to reinforce the good skills taught. The video goes on to talk about IRE questioning which is a type of one-on-one questioning used between the teacher and their student. Once given the correct answer the student is praised for this and in a way this is good because it is a positive reinforcer but the student really is not fully learning from this type of questioning. Personally I think that classroom discussion is important and getting feedback is helpful for you as the teacher and also for the students and this type of IRE questioning does not promote this. I did like that the video encouraged the use of prior knowledge because I think this is important and can make the difference for your students comprehension and reading level in many cases. Overall this video had many useful tools that I have seen and would like to execute in my classroom.