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Introduction to the workshop
Let’s get started! – Handout
Dissect the anchor standards for comprehension strategies
Launch the strategies & then spiral instruction
Comprehension Introductions
Strategy #1: Define the strategy verbally and visually
Strategy #2: Reveal a real-world experience
Strategy # 3: Model your Thinking Voice via a Read Aloud
Strategies # 4, 5, & 6: Sing the comprehension song, reveal the hand signals, use a movie clip
Strategy # 7: Grow a yearlong bulletin board
Provide explicit strategy instruction
Identify characteristics of text structures
Discern topic & main idea and explicit & implicit ideas
Determine and use details to infer main idea
Identify revelations and life lessons/theme
Compare, root, & juggle visualizations
“See” evolving story elements
Generate, question, & evaluate the argument
Connect Within & Among Texts
Connect and compare the text
Compare texts & fact v. fiction
Synthesize Within & Among Texts
Recognize, generate, & present a synthesis
