Not exact matches
Helps teachers achieve reading literature common
core standards by helping students identify key ideas and details in literature by practicing reading
comprehension skills.
The CALS construct is defined as a constellation of the high - utility language
skills that correspond to linguistic features prevalent in oral and written academic discourse across school content areas and that are infrequent in colloquial conversations (e.g., knowledge of logical connectives, such as nevertheless, consequently; knowledge of structures that pack dense information, such as nominalizations or embedded clauses; knowledge of structures for organizing argumentative texts) Over the last years, as part of the Catalyzing
Comprehension Through Discussion Debate project funded by IES to the Strategic Educational Research Partnership, Dr. Paola Uccelli and her research team have produced a research - based, theoretically - grounded, and psychometrically robust instrument to measure
core academic language
skills (CALS - I) for students in grades 4 - 8.
How can secondary content area teachers successfully apply vocabulary and
comprehension skills to their
core material?
Indeed, while elements of Common
Core's ELA standards emphasize «close reading» and «finding evidence» and imply the teaching of reading
skills in a manner disconnected from the knowledge embedded in and presumed by the assigned texts, other parts of Common
Core firmly reiterate the premise that «knowledge is intimately linked to reading
comprehension ability» (see Appendix A, p. 4).
While learning the
core framework, exercises are layered in that build vocabulary, spelling, grammar, fluency, and
comprehension skills.
The National Reading Panel Report (2000) summarized decades of research about reading instruction and identified five
core skill areas that all effective reading instruction must include: phonemic awareness, alphabetic principle (phonics), fluency, vocabulary, and
comprehension.
As schools are looking to incorporate new literacy programs that align more closely with the Common
Core State Standards, educators will find support in these resources for improving students» reading, writing, and
comprehension skills in all content areas.
However, few
comprehension skill or strategy lessons in
core programs last for more than one week.
TCGDC will commit to a program that fosters early literacy and the development of
comprehension skills within the context of the Common
Core State Standards.
For teachers, it's a research - based, standards - aligned program that that complements your
core ELA curriculum by building foundational reading
skills — language, decoding,
comprehension — along an adaptive pathway of increasingly complex texts.
This allowed students to take on leadership roles while promoting students» reading
comprehension, which is a
core skill required for math proficiency.
Instead, they've focused on the
comprehension skills the tests seem to call for: finding the main idea, making inferences, and — in the Common
Core era — connecting claims to evidence in the text.
eScience3000 is the first Web - based program aligned to state and national standards that focuses on
core science acquisition while seamlessly reinforcing key literacy needs, including reading
comprehension, relevant vocabulary and writing
skills.
I have aligned them with Common
Core, but because reading
comprehension skills are assessed similarly across the board, you can easily use these even if you don't use Common
Core.
• Hands - on experience in providing assistance with individualized instruction through well - placed instructional strategies •
Skilled in effectively applying methods for enhancing students» working knowledge of
core concepts • Excellent
skills in recognizing, describing and reporting student behavior and academic progress • Unmatched ability to impart instruction at the student's level of
comprehension • Proficient in using a variety of technological tools to communicate with students and provide them with information on complex topics • Adept at recognizing patterns of human development and benchmarks that are typically achieved at different ages • Demonstrated expertise in designing and using age - appropriate materials for instructional enforcement • Documented success in establishing positive relationships with students to promote student self - esteem • Proven ability to mediate student conflicts and handle behavior management duties • Qualified to use appropriate strategies and techniques to provide dedicated instructional support • Able to effectively conduct small group and individualized instruction as part of the class instruction program • Special talent for assisting teachers with planning and organizing instructional activities and developing classroom procedures • Track record of demonstrating awareness of and respect for diversity amongst students • Proven record of applying disciplinary directives in an impartial and consistent manner