1) Pre reading strategies are actually very beneficial to students when they are going to be learning a large amount of information like from science or social studies. The pre reading strategies help students to organize the information before beginning what they are studying. There are a variety of pre-reading graphic organizers.
2) Researchers who investigate effective strategies to help correct misconceptions have generally concluded that teacher-mediated discussions work the best.
3) 3 ways schema can be modified- 1. add new information without really changing their ideas about anything 2. readers "tune" their previous understandings by altering what they formerly believed so that it is now consistent with their new learning 3. readers might restructure their beliefs totally and replace their existing ideas with new schema.
1) Visual Prediction Guide- One of the strategies I would like to implement would be a visual prediction guide. Many learners are now visual learners and it is in large part due to technology. We constantly need to accommodate to those in our classroom. Visual Predication Guides can be modified to fit the individual students needs.
2) Anticipation Guides are also very helpful when trying to get students to build a connection. Anticipation guides highlight mismatches between what students may know and believe and what is presented in the text. Anticipation guides can be used in any content area and help the reader become more successful.
1) What are some extra strategies that can be used in order to get students prior knowledge started up so that the lesson can be taught more efficiently?
Prereading activities are not only effective but necessary to build the comprehension house. Without the firm foundation of key vocabulary and prior knowledge, the construction of the following information will not be strong.
ReplyDeleteAs you look at the bottom button, you should copy all of the strategies which have been listed as strategies for the before part of the lesson. You will also find a list for the during and after. These lists should be copied and put in your strategy notebook for future development.