| Robert Wortman |
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They All Can “Get It:” Teaching Comprehension Strategies Through Nonfiction Read Alouds Comprehension strategies are for everyone. Using “meaningful and memorable” nonfiction read alouds allows your students, including your struggling students and ELL’s, a chance to learn the important reading strategies through the use of engaging books and texts. Strategies and examples of student work with 3 research-based comprehension strategies (Making Connections, Predicting and Questioning) will be shared with a variety of nonfiction genre. Picture Books in Math Class? (...and Social Studies, Science, etc...) Only have 45 minutes of instructional time in a class? Try using a picture book to flesh out your content area instruction. We are teaching in the Golden Age of Picture Books. Come and get acquainted with beautiful books that engage older readers in valuable discussions and will prompt thoughtful writing in the content areas of Math, Social Studies and Science. An added bonus, meet the special needs of English Language Learners. Building Vocabulary in the Content Areas Through Alphabet Books* Today’s alphabet books are intellectually stimulating and a great way to engage students in vocabulary work in the content areas. This session will look at a variety graphic organizers and strategies that utilize alphabet books to support vocabulary development in social studies, art, music, science and language arts. Particularly powerful for reluctant readers and ELL students. Writing a Research Paper Is Like Writing a Dissertation: Less is More Students are bewildered and overwhelmed by the report-writing process. Parents are exhausted by staying up late on the internet doing the writing for procrastinating students. Teachers are tired of reading repetitive and boring reports that have no voice and little organization. This session explores how we can teach students to plan, organize and write simple and concise reports by utilizing the dissertation process: choosing the right questions. The session will examine the variety of mini lessons in reading that are needed for a successful research report. A variety of ways in which students are able to augment reports with graphic features and go public with their work will also be shared. Reading and Writing Biography: Unpacking Dense Texts with Students “Who was that guy again... who ... you know... like... freed the slaves from the Pilgrims...and did that speech about the dream?” The nonfiction genre of Biography and memoir is central to humanizing and “fleshing out” the content curriculum and helping students put historical events in context. Graphic organizers and comprehension strategies for supporting students in being successful readers of the condensed texts of biographies will be shared along with a variety of strategies that will extend student reading into writing. * Repeated workshop Bob's Bibliography Handout |
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