Instructional Practices to Support Reading Comprehension of Content-Area Texts with Dr. Elizabeth Stevens
The purpose of this presentation is to assist teachers with understanding and implementing reading comprehension-supportive practices for students with reading difficulties, including students with dyslexia. Learning Objectives: Identify the characteristics of typical readers and students experiencing reading difficulty Summarize prior research on reading comprehension practices Explain why vocabulary knowledge is important for reading comprehension Identify tiered words and select important words to teach Identify the components of explicit vocabulary instruction Describe and implement a routine for explicitly teaching essential words Identify the steps in question generation Identify the steps in main idea generation Practice using the questioning and main idea [...]