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juliebwise
juliebwise
Julie Stover
Jun 12 2011, 11:44 PM EDT | Post edited: Jun 12 2011, 11:44 PM EDT
Beating the Comprehension Conundrum 2  out of 2 found this valuable. Do you?    
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abbierider
abbierider
1. RE: Julie Stover
Jun 21 2011, 10:26 AM EDT | Post edited: Jun 21 2011, 10:26 AM EDT
Wow! I love the strategy tool kit. I am totally borrowing it too! It is so convenient that everything is right at the kids fingertips. Do you find this valuable?    
JulieBeard
JulieBeard
2. RE: Julie Stover
Jun 21 2011, 10:28 AM EDT | Post edited: Jun 21 2011, 10:28 AM EDT
I agree about the strategy tool kit. It will give the students another purpose when they (ie) come to their guided reading group. They will become more engaged. Do you find this valuable?    
nancyschnelli
nancyschnelli
3. RE: Julie Stover
Jun 21 2011, 10:30 AM EDT | Post edited: Jun 21 2011, 10:30 AM EDT
What great ideas. I like the toolkit idea. Using specific text to assess kids in a specific area of need. The identification of the area of need is so important. This speaker really answered so many of my questions to gathering data for individual students. I like the quick, useful ideas that she provided. Thanks. Do you find this valuable?    
lisastrickland
lisastrickland
4. RE: Julie Stover
Jun 21 2011, 10:32 AM EDT | Post edited: Jun 21 2011, 10:32 AM EDT
She changed the name of her topic from "Beating" to "Confronting the Comprehension Conundrum". She is a reading specialist and she spoke our language. Our students need to be engaged and have an understanding of why they are reading; rather than just wanting to be done. Are those reflection activity sheets available somewhere for us to use? Do you find this valuable?    
shannonomalley
shannonomalley
5. RE: Julie Stover
Jun 21 2011, 10:32 AM EDT | Post edited: Jun 21 2011, 10:32 AM EDT
"Wow! I love the strategy tool kit. I am totally borrowing it too! It is so convenient that everything is right at the kids fingertips. "
I love it too, Abbie! I think it would be so great to give each child as you are teaching the first few days of reading workshop. We could teach children how to use the toolkit when they are practicing their reading strategies. Julie Beard also just mentioned to me that it would be really great to have to use when calling students back for guided groups. Do you find this valuable?    
shannonomalley
shannonomalley
6. RE: Julie Stover
Jun 21 2011, 10:35 AM EDT | Post edited: Jun 21 2011, 10:35 AM EDT
I got so much from this presentation! The toolkits were great and I will definately use them next year with my students. I appreciate that Julie included the copies in her power point. I really feel excited to get back into the classroom with the great ideas that she shared. I am already going to shop on Amazon to buy the books she recommended, espcially "The Sweetest Fig". Julie was a very animated speaker and kept our attention while teaching and presented some great information! Thank you! Do you find this valuable?    
dianeromig
dianeromig
7. RE: Julie Stover
Jun 21 2011, 10:37 AM EDT | Post edited: Jun 21 2011, 10:37 AM EDT
I liked the toolkit for the students. We use stickie notes to record questions, or ideas while we read. It is important to be an "active" reader. I was unfamiliar with Earobics Reach which does give you data. I never heard of Story Town either, which provides consistency for a third layer. Quick Reads sounds like a good idea for questioning. Very good resources were offered. Do you find this valuable?    
JulieBeard
JulieBeard
8. RE: Julie Stover
Jun 21 2011, 10:37 AM EDT | Post edited: Jun 21 2011, 10:37 AM EDT
When Julie Stover spoke on comprehension, she stressed consistancy between specialists and classroom teachers and understands that lack of it would take away from student achievement. Questioning has always been a strategy, but it was stepped up by using "thick or thin" questions, much like we use "spicy" or "expensive" words in our writing. This will add another layer to student expectations, especially in intermediate levels. Do you find this valuable?    

Andreachiccarine
9. RE: Julie Stover
Jun 21 2011, 10:38 AM EDT | Post edited: Jun 21 2011, 10:38 AM EDT
Great ideas provided, some I have already used in my classroom, and others i want to incorporate. I would like to implement the strategy tool kit this year as a team of teachers. I would make it a point to give the students the different resource cards as they learn the concepts. This way they can flip back to the reference to help remember. It will also cut back on the prep work just for the teacher. :) great presentation with great resources provided. Do you find this valuable?    

devonbetz
10. RE: Julie Stover
Jun 21 2011, 10:41 AM EDT | Post edited: Jun 21 2011, 10:41 AM EDT
Thank you for sharing www.interventioncentral.org. I can't wait to see if I can find an easy way to graph the data I have gathered in progress monitoring efforts with my Title 1 students! Do you find this valuable?    
rose_spangler
rose_spangler
11. RE: Julie Stover
Jun 21 2011, 10:43 AM EDT | Post edited: Jun 21 2011, 10:49 AM EDT
Thanks for the strategy tool kit....I will be using those cards...looking forward to your downloads. Hempfield school district also uses Study Island. It is a great resource. Do you find this valuable?    
Almqukat
Almqukat
12. RE: Julie Stover
Jun 21 2011, 10:46 AM EDT | Post edited: Jun 21 2011, 10:46 AM EDT
I like the strategy tool kit as well, could easily be adapted for 1st grade! I use a lot of the similar question stems geared for primary students. We spend a lot of time working on modeling and making connections to the stories that we read and I liked how she has students monitor the relevancy of their connection and how it helps their reading using the thumbs up/thumbs down. I find that when assessing with the DRA when we ask students to connect to every story they ready they begin make things up. In the primary grades are we expecting students to make connections to EVERY single story they read or is it ok to not always have a connection? I know that when I read sometimes I don't always have a connection. Do you find this valuable?    
peggybaum
peggybaum
13. RE: Julie Stover
Jun 21 2011, 10:48 AM EDT | Post edited: Jun 21 2011, 10:48 AM EDT
Julie Stover showed us how to create a comprehension tool kit that students could take with them whenever they read. We could use some of our collaboration time to collaborate with our reading specialists to create tool kits and create strategy lessons together so that we are all teaching the same strategies with the same language and the students could carry their tool kits with them if they go to the reading specialist for support. Once again this would create layers of support. Do you find this valuable?    
KortniLovelace
KortniLovelace
14. RE: Julie Stover
Jun 21 2011, 10:48 AM EDT | Post edited: Jun 21 2011, 10:48 AM EDT
"Wow! I love the strategy tool kit. I am totally borrowing it too! It is so convenient that everything is right at the kids fingertips. "
I agree! Love this tool-kit! My district has a specific "intervention" block where all kids move between classrooms to get an intervention based on what they need. This is would be a great tool for them to have to take back and forth between classrooms and interventions. It would help create and maintain consistency as well among students and teachers. Do you find this valuable?    
KortniLovelace
KortniLovelace
15. RE: Julie Stover
Jun 21 2011, 10:50 AM EDT | Post edited: Jun 21 2011, 10:50 AM EDT
I appreciated the examples of mentor texts to support the "ACTIVE" reading strategies. I love adding good texts to my repertoire (sp?) Do you find this valuable?    

debraahicks
16. RE: Julie Stover
Jun 21 2011, 10:51 AM EDT | Post edited: Jun 21 2011, 10:51 AM EDT
Through experimenting, I found that using fables/folktales is a great way for younger students to make connections. Common story themes and character traits tend to be similar in various stories. This provides the students with a means of making a more complex connection instead of being so literal with their thinking. I do like the various rubrics, that are very simplistic, as a way to progress monitor with the various components of comprehension. Do you find this valuable?    
patriciaking
patriciaking
17. RE: Julie Stover
Jun 21 2011, 10:53 AM EDT | Post edited: Jun 21 2011, 10:53 AM EDT
The strategy cards are wonderful and very user friendly. I like the idea of a "tool kit" for students too.
I agree with the reference to the "common language". As a district, this is something that we realized we need to work on when students move from the primary level to the intermediate level and so on. We need the consistency between levels in all curricular areas. I'm sure by developing that consistency, this will have a positive impact on our students. Do you find this valuable?    

KristinDonnellyGreen
18. RE: Julie Stover
Jun 21 2011, 10:53 AM EDT | Post edited: Jun 21 2011, 10:53 AM EDT
Love the stategy of the tool kit! Everything they need in one spot.Also like the Connection Bookmark.Will be using that with students! Do you find this valuable?    

carriemarvis
19. RE: Julie Stover
Jun 21 2011, 10:54 AM EDT | Post edited: Jun 21 2011, 10:54 AM EDT
I appreciate Julie's reference to specific texts to use when modeling certain comprehension strategies. I am anxious to look into some of the tools used to measure student progress. I also need to remember that sometimes less is more (i.e. the connections rubric). Do you find this valuable?    
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