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Knowledge and Skills Statement

Response skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed.

Mientras los estudiantes leen un texto en forma independiente, pídales que usen papelitos adhesivos donde puedan escribir las conexiones que van haciendo con el texto. Luego, pídales que usen esos papelitos mientras crean una representación visual de sus conexiones. Los estudiantes pueden compartir su trabajo con otros compañeros.


Further Explanation

Esta expectativa estudiantil requiere que los estudiantes interactúen con los textos al tiempo que reconocen sus conexiones al estar leyendo. Los estudiantes deben poder elaborar mejor estas conexiones a través de una representación visual. El uso intencionado de estas actividades ayudará a la comprensión.

interact with a text by adding notes or comments in the margins of the text in order to record significant features and/or personal commentary/reactions that may enhance one’s understanding of the text while reading
a prewriting technique in which a person writes continuously for a set period of time without regard to spelling, grammar, or topic Freewriting is similar to brainstorming but written in sentence and paragraph form and produces raw, often unusable material that has the potential to increase the flow of ideas for writers.
furnish with drawings, pictures, or other artwork intended for explanation, clarification, or adornment
When students interact with different sources of information, for example, a video or a book, they should use strategies that enhance their learning. For example, if students are reading an informational text about the life cycle of a beetle, they may choose to make diagrams, take notes, or illustrate the changes in the different stages of the cycle. The purposeful use of these activities contributes to building or expanding student knowledge.
the study skill of outlining and/or summarizing the important ideas of a lecture, book, or other source of information to aid in the organization and retention of ideas
Resultado de interactuar con un texto para que el lector sea capaz de comprenderlo mejor, recordar su contenido o responder a él. Generalmente incluye resaltar o subrayar partes centrales de un texto o hacer notas al margen de éste.

Research

1. Miller, M., Berg, H., & Cox, D. (2016). "Basically, you have to teach them to love what they are writing about": Perceptions of fourth grade writing teachers. National Teacher Education Journal, 9(1). Retrieved from https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Donna_Cox3/publication/309600692_Basically_You_Have_to_Teach_Them_to_Love_What_They_Are_Writing_About_Perceptions_of_Fourth_Grade_Writing_Teachers/links/5819311808ae50812f5de66a.pdf

Summary: This paper is based upon focus groups held with fourth grade Texas teachers from classrooms identified as exemplary by the Texas Education Agency. The purpose was to determine the methods of writing instruction that teachers felt were successful with their students, and process writing strategies were identified as central. These strategies were developed in the classroom through the teacher serving as the guide in the writing process, students as authors, and mini-lessons.

2. Barth, A. E., & Elleman, A. (2017). Evaluating the impact of a multistrategy inference intervention for middle-grade struggling readers. Language, Speech, & Hearing Services in Schools, 48(1), 31+. Retrieved from https://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A490475287/PROF?u=tea&sid=PROF&xid=85a8099a

Summary: This study examines the effectiveness of multiple inference intervention strategies that were designed to increase inference-making and reading comprehension for struggling readers. The study focused on using text clues, activities and integrating prior knowledge, understanding character and author's purpose, and responding to inference questions. Details and lesson examples are available in the Appendix.