https://padlet.com/aspangler/q325prk3kf15 Post a few ways you work with students in your classroom who struggle with decoding, vocabulary, and/or comprehension. Please put your name on your sticky notes! en-us 2017-01-14 20:22:56 UTC 2017-01-19 01:27:50 UTC hello@padlet.com aspangler https://padlet.com/aspangler/q325prk3kf15/wish/147848363 Vocabulary- I either give the word in a sentence, or have the students read the sentence again before talking about what the word means in context.  I then have them try to think of a sentence that they can use the word in, or I have them try to act out the word. It's fun to see what they come up with when they act! 
Comprehension- I use question stems,  narration, Venn Diagrams/story maps, a question to think about before they read, and stopping periodically through the passage to recap what has just happened. 
Decoding- I use text that is below their reading level, I play games such as "my pile, your pile", and work on   fluency reading. 
-Anna]]> 2017-01-18 15:51:32 UTC https://padlet.com/aspangler/q325prk3kf15/wish/147848363 https://padlet.com/aspangler/q325prk3kf15/wish/147958904 We use Jenn Jones (Hello Literacy) listening games which are quick verbal games dealing with 16 phonological awareness skills. These really help our struggling readers as we practice these skills daily. I also use a lot of tactile movements for decoding, such as stretching out sounds down your arm or using the pads of your fingers and sweeping across at the end. 
For comprehension, I use questions stems and I use a lot of modeling. Showing them what it looks like to think critically about a text and referring back to the text really helps my students. Since they are so young, they need a lot of explicit modeling and practice. ]]> 2017-01-18 21:21:56 UTC https://padlet.com/aspangler/q325prk3kf15/wish/147958904 https://padlet.com/aspangler/q325prk3kf15/wish/147980734 To help students with vocabulary and comprehension, I focus on strategies readers use to understand words and messages from a text. Visualizing, Context Clues, Inferences are some of the main strategies I find to be effective. Many of my students have a difficult time making inferences which can help them comprehend a text on a deeper level. I also like doing close reading activities with my students who need help with comprehension- read the same text several times and look for different things each time- main idea, character traits, problem and solution, etc. ]]> 2017-01-19 01:24:26 UTC https://padlet.com/aspangler/q325prk3kf15/wish/147980734