Week 7 Lesson Plan: Comprehension Intervention
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In Chapter 8
of the book, “Structured Literacy Interventions”, Dr. Louise
Spears-Swerling shares research in effective interventions for students with
reading difficulties. Dr. Swerling recommends the following practices before,
during, and after reading. Although you are not required to read this book by
Dr. Swerling, please review the following suggestions for reading comprehension
strategies.
Before Reading
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Activate prior
knowledge through explicit vocabulary instruction.
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Make connections
between previous lessons, new content, and the overall unit of study.
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Document ideas to
investigate while reading (identify the purpose for reading). This might be
in the form of an essential question or through making predictions about the
passage.
During Reading
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Explicitly model
how to identify the main ideas and details in text by writing a gist
statement (who/what + most important details = the gist).
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Utilize a graphic
organizer to record ideas.
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Question writing –
teach students to write specific questions (answered in one word/sentence in
the passage) or wide questions (answered using information from multiple
places in the text).
After Reading
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Turn and talk to a
partner to answer questions.
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Summarize text
(Use hands-on materials to prompt students during the retell process).
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Utilize gist
statements and graphic organizers to identify the big idea and respond to the
purpose for reading.
After reading Dr. Louise Spears-Swerling’s research on comprehension
strategies, choose one of the following comprehension lesson plans. Answer the
following questions in a 1-2 page reflection:
A. Kindergarten Lesson
Collaborative Classroom Comprehension
Lesson Kindergarten.docx
(I have printed a copy and uploaded for you)
This video
includes a copy of the text: Read Aloud – When Sophie Gets
Angry
D. Find a comprehension lesson from your own curriculum.
What specific methods are
included before reading the text to support students with reading
comprehension?
What specific methods are
included during reading the text to support students with reading
comprehension?
What specific methods are
included after reading the text to support students with reading
comprehension?
What refinements would you make
to this lesson to support struggling readers? For example, if the lesson
does not include activities to complete before, during, and after
reading, what could you add to provide extended opportunities to connect
to text?
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https://www.readingrockets.org/topics/vocabulary/articles/connecting-word-meanings-through-semantic-mapping
