Notes from Class; 9/7/11

Reading

* Translation (decoding)

* Comprehension

* Transformation

     - The Help

     - The Giver

     - Hind's Feet In High Places

     - Crazy Love

*See Tovani pg. 6 and 17 for "Fix-Up Strategies"... text labels
* Content Area Strategies
     - Reading response log/blog
     -Vocabulary flood
     -Article of the Week
     - Double-entry journal
     - We think... statements
     - Knowledge chart
     - Make a personal connection
     - Asking questions
     - Drawing conclusions
     - Using the text as evidence
     - Connection to a real person
     - Rereading
     - Use literature (Text to text connections)
      Using background or prior knowledge