December 5 Literacy Session by Emma McCandless

emccandless2 — 2023-12-05 14:23:38 UTC

“Research has long shown that proficient comprehenders engage in particular mental activities to support their understanding of what they are reading...Some young

students learn to use these processes seemingly naturally, but many benefit from explicit instruction in how to think before, during, and after reading; how to monitor their understanding; and how to help themselves when meaning breaks down.”

(Duke, Ward, & Pearson, 2021).

emccandless2 — 2023-12-05 14:24:17 UTC

From Reading Reimagined (2022), included in a list of research based elements that impact comprehension: “Text-processing skills, such as inference making, influence a reader’s ability to make sense of a text and

uniquely contribute to comprehension growth over time.”

emccandless2 — 2023-12-05 14:24:48 UTC

“Reading strategies are something students are likely to learn only in a reading lesson. As such, they deserve special attention in those lessons...I don’t accept the premise of what you are hearing - that reading lessons should either teach strategies or knowledge. They need to accomplish the former to contribute to the latter.” (Shanahan, 2023)