Transcript Reading - Lynden

Reading
A Key to Success in the Social
Studies
Mr. Kevin Richins
NBCT
Overview
Introductions
Purpose
Factors
Methods
Introductions
Mr. Kevin Richins
History & East Asian Studies BA
MEd from WWU
National Board Certified
6 years experience
Purpose
Why teach reading?
Too much to “cover”
Vital skill
We will not always be around to feed
them the answer
Social Studies Reading
Specialized
Varied
Factors
The Text
Readability
Grade level
Vocabulary
Text Features
The Reader
Reading Level
Lexile
Grade level
Skills
Levels of Understanding
Independent level
Instructional level
Frustration level
Evaluating the Text
Readability
The overall difficulty or ease with which
can be read by a given audience
Concept Load
How many new ideas or terms are
there?
Abstractness
How concrete is the subject?
Evaluating the Text
Format and Length of Text
Graphic Aids
Headings and Subheadings
Print Size
Length of Text
Vocabulary
New words bolded
Syllabification
Phonetic Spelling
Defined in context
Evaluating the Text
Fry Scale
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockg
uide/fry/fry.html
Flesch-Kincaid
Built into MS Word.
Do a word count. It will be listed on the statistics
reported
Test the readability of what you write…
Lexile
www.lexile.com
Evaluating the Reader
Reading level tests as part of
standardized tests
MAP testing
Gives a grade level
Quick tests
San Diego Quick Test
CLOZE
Leaving out words in a text
Matching the Reader and the Text
Content Informal Reading Inventory
Select the best text you can
Or just work with what you have been given
Using your text find out what skills and
abilities your students have
An inventory of skills and abilities
What do Good Readers Do?
For many educators they are already good
readers and do things automatically
Predict
Ask Questions
Make connections
Change rate
Have a conversation with the text
Use imagery
Seek out background information
Have a plan is they get stuck
Reading Strategies
Reading with purpose
Vocabulary Introduction
Reading Notebook Activities
Concept Mapping
Zooming in/out
History Frame
Venn Diagram
Group Summarizing
Historical Character Map
K-W-L
PLAN
Making connections
Reading With Purpose Practice
Read, “The House”
Using your pen circle what is important
Reread the story this time use a highlighter to
highlight what would be important to a robber.
Reread one last time and highlight with a different
colored highlighter the things that would be
important to a potential home buyer.
How did establishing a purpose help you to know
what was important?
Are there things that could be important to both a
robber and a potential home buyers?
Making Connections
The brain remembers new information by
connecting new data to already existing
information.
Focus on the conversation in your head
Three types of connections
Text to Self Connections
Text to Text Connections
Text to World Connections
Use a double entry diary
Making Connections Practice
Practice
Select a magazine
Read an article
As you read record the page and a few
words to show what you are connecting
to on the left side of your notes
On the right Indicate which type of
connection.
T–>S, T–>T, or T–>W
Write out what the text is reminding you of
Website
www.lynden.wednet.edu/lhs
Go to staff directory and find Kevin
Richins
[email protected]
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