START Presentation 1.12.09.ppt

Course ....... START

Presenter .... Pat Beckius

Pat Beckius will introduce a research based elementary reading framework entitled, START (Students and Teachers Actively Reading Text). This framework improves comprehension through modeling and scaffolding of eight crucial comprehension strategies during teacher read-aloud and by actively engaging students in strategic reading during independent reading. The eight critical strategies are:

* Predicting/Inferring                               * Visualizing

* Making connections                              * Questioning

* Determining main idea                          * Summarizing

* Checking Predictions                             * Making judgments

Teachers, please bring 4 or 5 of your Read Alouds.

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START Comprehension Presentation 1.12.09.ppt