Recipe to Become a Highly
Effective Reading
In order to become a highly
effective reading teacher, you must mix all the main ingredients in a classroom
full of young students eager to learn.
Main Ingredients:
·
Supportive Environment
Supportive and nurturing environments promote the
development of good readers.
o Positive attitude: Enthusiasm is contagious and if
you have a positive outlook on reading, children will more than likely model
the same behavior.
o Engagement: Children will be more involved and
interested in the text if they can make a connection between the story and
their life.
o Motivation: Encouraging students to read and
actively engage in a story will lead to children wanting to read.
o Self-selected Literature: Students will want to
engage with a text when they feel they have control over their choice of
reading.
o Authenticity of Texts: Real texts for real
purposes.
o Range of Genre
o Time for Reading
o Decoding: To comprehend the meaning of texts will
encourage students to want to read.
o Vocabulary and Concept Development: Introducing
students to know words and meanings allows them to make connections to existing
schema and organize knowledge.
o Writing: Reconstruct their understanding of the
story by putting it in their own words through their own perspective.
·
Provide Clear Explanations and
Modeling of Comprehension Strategies
Providing explanations and teaching comprehension
strategies make a difference in learner outcomes.
o A Model for Comprehension Strategy Instruction:
Five stage instruction strategy that introduces strategies that can be referred
to later during discussions and reading.
o Anchor Lessons and Anchor Charts: Helps students
understand and remember what they learn.
o Technology and Reading Comprehension: Expands
comprehension and literacy skills.
·
Engage Children in Constructive
Conversations
Students should be given the opportunity to discuss with
classmates and teachers the meaning of the text.
o Engage Children in Active Processing during Reading
o Questioning Approaches: Approaches that lead
students to building an understanding of the text.
·
Children’s Literature Across the
Curriculum
Introducing children to a range of genres.
o Discovering Genres: Students have an opportunity to
find different genres that they were never drawn to, but ended up liking.
o Moving Beyond Textbooks: Secondary resources can
enhance learning.
·
The Classroom Library
Students must always have access to a large number of
different books available for them to read.
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