Comprehension+Strategies

=Targeted Instruction Area (TIA): Reading Comprehension=

//A coordinated school-wide effort implemented by instructional departments and supported by the school community to improve reading comprehension. Manley students will demonstrate improvement in reading comprehension as defined by the College Readiness Standards through the implementation of research-based strategies across content areas and measured by High School Transformation Assessments, Data Driven Interim Assessments and Explore Plan Assessment System.// = TIA Focus: Main Idea = =2010-2011 Powerful Practice: 2-Column Notes= //Coming soon, information on our new powerful practice.// = 2009-2010 Powerful Practices: Magnet Summaries, 5 W's+H, Guided Reading Procedure (GRP) = = On this page you will find classroom-ready documents that you can use to implement the powerful practices into your daily instruction. Please share additional documents or discuss your successes and challenges. =

**NEW** Inferences and Anticipation Guides
**Powerful Practice: Magnet Summaries**

Magnet Summary Templates and Examples: General Magnet Summaries template: Magnet Summary template //(from Ms. Uhl, Reading):// Single Paragraph Magnet Summaries (//from Ms. Shields, Social Studies):// Magnet Summary Organizer with Rubric //(from Ms. Shields, Social Studies):// Magnet Summary example--School Lunches //(from Ms. Uhl, Reading)://

Tools for Implementing Magnet Summaries:
Here is a rubric for assessing Magnet Summary: Helps students to identify correct text structure of readings: Selecting the appropriate transition words to connect their sentences within the text structure: A tool that will assist students with paragraph writing in terms of selecting the correct transitions to match the text structure of their paragraph:

=** Powerful Practice: 5 W's + H **=

=** Powerful Practice: Guided Reading Procedure **=

View Powerpoint from meeting on 3/8:


= Anticipation Guide and Inferencing Strategies  = == = Other Main Idea / Comprehension Strategies =

Two-column Notes:
View Powerpoint from meeting 3/8:

Predict-Read-Check (PRC) Strategy:
Pre-reading Plan (PreP) Strategy: Compare-Contrast Graphic Organizer: Paired Reading example with QAR--Cyberbullies //(from Ms. Uhl, Reading)://
 * BEFORE ACTIVITY**

​Mr. Clapper's PRC (Pre-Read/Read/Check) for Understanding templates:
PRC with Bullets: PRC with Compare-Contrast: PRC with Outline: PRC with Venn Diagram: