Week 10 DIBLES vs Qri-5

There is a deffinate similarity between DIBLES and QRI-5. They both reflect on the building of comprehension and show where a student needs more assessment or not. It gives the option to give more assessment on DIBLES to other activities to work with to strengthen the student.QRI-5 has pieces of reading that you can assesss the student from. DIBLES gives you the power of the pen to assess the student the best way you think is needed and from that you can base your assessment from wether its low risk or not.

questions for thought(due april 26th)

1. Which ideas from the video struck you as most relevant to your teaching of comprehension?
2. What new instructional practices will you implement in your classroom?
3. How will you use the ideas presented in this video to improve the comprehension of your struggling readers (students you are observing)?

a) I liked how the teacher used the elements of non-fiction layout for students to use their own minds to put the elements into their own words from the knowledge they had to pick the right elements. I also liked how the students engaged themselevs in group works to proofread each others works and show each other whats missing or needs to be taken out. Also, how they used personal knowlege to reflect on the books whether it referred to a character or something else.

b)For me it will be more difficult since I am a secondary education major, but since I am a Biology major, I would assume picture to text references will be a major role.

c) For the students I am observing I will work with the cooperating teacher and do alittle side work of informal text and background information that they have to help build their comprehension base.

Week 12 Metacognitve Assessment and Comprehension

How do the classroom clips illustrate Professor Duke's definition of comprehension?

- The classroom clips show comprehension as seen in the beginning. A little girl reads in her own words of what the book is that they are reading by using a big piece of paper stating the "elements of nonfiction". This gives the students the edge they need to want to put the words they come up with in their minds on paper by being able to better understand the words meanings.

Based on Professor Duke's suggestions, how can you promote active learning through your instruction?

- You can promote active learning through your instruction in many ways. One way, as shown in the segment, the students basically work together and proofread each others work and show where fixing is needed or what needs to be in the work.
It all starts with helping build their knowledge base.

How can you help your struggling readers use comprehension strategies as they read?

- By having them incorporate things they know such as "context clues" as shown in the video. They may not know what something is, but from looking at the words around it they can figure it out and that helps build their comprehension.

Week 8

I believe that it is imoprtant for students to reflect on personal experiences and incorporate them into their work. Sometimes, reflecting on personal experiences and not only help you in different ways suych as weaknesses in an area, but other classmates might have similar reflections and could bring the classroom together. It will also help to expose strength and weaknesses to the instructor from things such as giving a specific time frame from class to write in a journal and talk amongst their fellow classmates