crossing the bridge of comprehension
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Crossing the Bridge of Comprehension
Big Understanding: Students will distinguish the main idea from less important details in the text in order to determine importance and determine key words and main ideas essential to making meaning in a selection.
Monitor Stamina
Stamina: endurance, how much you are able to read at one time
By the fifth grade you should be able to sit and read for at least 30 minutes without stopping
You monitor your stamina by writing down how many pages you've read in your reading log
Logs and Reading Responses
What should you see in a reading response notebook?
How many pages you've read
How long it took you to finish a book
Reading responses that use quotes from your book
Books from different genres
Book Club Expectations
Complete each night's reading assignment
You come to class prepared to talk about the book
You've answered all questions
You have a question to ask the group
Main Idea and Details
The main idea gives the "big picture" of the text
Details give the little bits of information that expand on the main idea
On Friday, July 8, NASA sent the space shuttle Atlantis into outer space for the last time. America is ending the groundbreaking space shuttle program after 30 years, and Atlantis is the last of NASA's shuttles to launch into space. Officials estimate that as many as almost one million spectators were there to watch America’s last shuttle soar into space.
Responding with Opinions
When you complete a reading response it is okay to include your opinion
After you finish your summary you can add your opinion about what you have read
Just Right Books
Within your ZPD range
There are two or three new words in each chapter
You can describe the genre and identify the theme of the book
Point of View
Point of view: a character's attitude or perspective
You can find examples of a character's point of view by looking at what they say (dialogue) and what they do (actions)
Identify Different Identify Different ThemesThemesConservation/ preservation (Selective Logging)
Restoration (Water Quality)
Survival
Man v. wild
Activism
Being a change agent
Types of energy
Toxins/chemicals
Air Quality
Water Quality
Recycling
Hazardous Waste
Good v. Evil
History of Law
Friendships with animals
Cooperation
Seeing other’s point of view
Tragedy/ Overcoming devastation
Rebuilding
Hope
Commitment
Going against the norm
Comparing Themes
Think about the theme of a book you read earlier this year
What is the theme of the book you are reading now?
Are they similar or different?
Setting Influences Theme
It is important to notice the setting of a story
The location, time of year, time of day are all part of the setting
The setting can often be connected to the theme of a book
Theme Thesis Statements
Once you have identified the theme of your book you can write a sentence that sums it up
The theme of Holes is friendship and survival. This books demonstrates the power of having friends when you are struggling to overcome a hardship.
Author's Purpose
Authors' have many reasons for writing a text
Persuade: to convince you of something
Inform: teach you about something
Entertain: to amuse you
Context and Tone
Context: the background information of a text
Tone: the attitude and mood of a text
Characters' Relationships
It is important to think about the characters when you read
Notice the way they interact and get along with other characters
Think about the relationships between the characters
Turn and Talk
How would you describe the relationships between the two main characters of your book?
Context Clues
Everyday we read we come across words we do not know
It is important to push ourselves with high level texts so that we are introduced to new words
Making Inferences
The author of a book usually let's us use our imagination while we read
It is important to notice the clues they give to help us picture the setting and characters in our head
Find Evidence
It is important to have opinions about your book
You want to make sure that you find a sentence or two in your book to show why you feel a certain way
Using Quotes
Quotes from your book are the best way to show how you formed your opinion
On page 45 the main character shows that he is brave. It says, "Justin walked into the haunted house ready to fight the ghost."
Visualizing
It is important to picture the story when you read
You want to pretend that movie is taking place
Imagine what you would see, smell, hear, feel, taste if you were a character in the book
Summarizing
A summary should include the important things that happened in a chapter
This means that you should include the main character of your book, what they did and where they did it
Revise our Inferences
Good readers notice the inferences they made in the beginning in the book and whether they were wrong and right
As the author gives us more clues as we read our thinking changes