Let students talk with a partner to check understanding. What focus questions can be used to guide discussions? What information about student understanding/confusion did the discussions reveal? understanding. Monitor students’ Where are the places in the text where students are likely to be confused? How I will know when students are confused? (e.g., annotations, partner discussions) How might/did I respond to student misconceptions or confusion? Use shared reading and model thinking aloud.* At what points during the think aloud will I model the use of prior knowledge? At what points during the think aloud will I model how to solve an unknown word? At what points during the think aloud will I model how to apply strategies when meaning was breaking down? At what points during the think aloud will I model how to use other strategies good readers use to make meaning?
Let students talk with a partner to check understanding. What focus questions can be used to guide discussions? What information about student understanding/confusion did the discussions reveal? Monitor students’ understanding. Where are the places in the text where students are likely to be confused? How I will know when students are confused? (e.g., annotations, partner discussions) How might/did I respond to student misconceptions or confusion? Use shared reading and model thinking aloud.* At what points during the think aloud will I model the use of prior knowledge? At what points during the think aloud will I model how to solve an unknown word? At what points during the think aloud will I model how to apply strategies when meaning was breaking down? At what points during the think aloud will I model how to use other strategies good readers use to make meaning?
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