Increasing Comprehension | Classroom Strategy

[@carmensolis4713]

God bless you, Bridget! You are a blessing!❤

[@pinktatergirl27]

The curriculum we have to use focuses so heavily on teaching “comprehension” to our 3rd graders, with multiple skills each week and weekly assessments that are above grade level. It feels like I’m setting my kids up for failure. Just this week ahead is tone, mood, perspective, point of view, prefix uni-, and synonyms…all using two different texts in one week. It’s just too much for our kiddos 😢

[@BridgingLiteracy]

Oh dear…. And that is the main issue with core programs. This past week in my community, I took a deep dive into a CKLA lesson and unpacked what needed to be changed. What many schools don’t understand is that teachers need BOTH a core program and curriculum. The curriculum is designed by the school and aligns lessons from the core to match the standards and progression built out by your state/school. I’m so sorry that you are having to teach that way. It certainly makes it challenging for your students and for you. 😢

[@pinktatergirl27]

@@BridgingLiteracy I plan on joining the community with some PD money I’m getting this semester! I’d love to see you break apart a lesson (or even a week) from Into Reading (we’re in FL if that helps). That’s the curriculum we have to use and it’s been rough. Going into Year 3 of it and most of our kids still fail almost every assessment. I’m binging a bunch of your videos to revamp my literacy block and try to better meet my kids’ needs. I’m much stronger in Math than Reading but I’m trying. ❤️ Thank you for all you do for us teachers!!

[@BridgingLiteracy]

@@pinktatergirl27that’s fantastic and I would LOVE to have you in the community. Let me know if you need anything in the meantime.

[@amandawilkins8403]

Bridget, thank you for sharing this video with new ways to engage students in real comprehension. My students do turn and talks every day in all subjects, but I think your way provides more engagement and variety. Thank you for all sharing, as always. You rock! Have a wonderful week! 💜

[@kaitlinjenkins1727]

Wow, I had to pause the video to say, you are reading my mind! This school year, I have been frustrated with the way our third grade team has been running our tier 3 interventions, so I was starting to dig into MTSS (which you mentioned). Also, we just had a PD day with a UDL training (which you mentioned) that no one else seemed to be interested in, but I loved it! Plus, our district is adopting CKLA for next year (which you mentioned!). Please tell me which videos I should watch next!! ❤

[@mrs.fletchersclass4684]

Thank you, great video! I took a Kagan training 10 years ago and your strategies are spot on with what I learned but forgot about;) I love the idea of having sentence stems and having them completely turn toward their partner. I do turn and talk a lot but haven’t been making them do that. I will from now on;)

[@garrettshaw25]

Absolutely love this! I teach second grade but was just talking with a coworker about how I felt like my reading lessons were lacking in engagement. Trying this tomorrow!

[@BridgingLiteracy]

Let me know how it went!

[@mamaruth2089]

This is the best video you have ever done! I love the detail in your execution

[@BridgingLiteracy]

Thank you so much! And I did this very randomly 😂

[@35ATeacher]

This is awesome! I am going to do this. Can you give more examples of student responses to texts, especially nonfiction.

[@LorraineinPNW]

Thank you for this refresher! I've used the CIA Approach and PALS out of Vanderbilt before, but got caught up with using intervention and/or core curriculum.

[@elly4586]

Could you share the name of the study that talks about student engagement with the text? I’d love to share it with my students!

[@veronicaalonzo2531]

I love how you explained the steps! It would be wonderful to have a whole lesson to access in the community as a model for us. Is that something you would consider? 😊

[@imralljoshae5978]

Thank you, I teach 11th grade US history. I will try to implement this in my classroom. Do you think this is too much scaffolding for high schoolers?

[@BridgingLiteracy]

KUDOS TO YOU 🎉 I don’t… because literacy is conversational. It’s about processing and analyzing through discussions. Especially at your level when you are addressing more challenging topics and literature.

[@imralljoshae5978]

The kids enjoyed breaking into pairs! The high low match was really good for the kids to get out of their comfort zone.

[@levlogdejanet5062]

Wonder PD mentioned to read the entire text on day 1, without stopping, just to get students to know the story as a whole. Then, on day 2, focus on stopping to ask questions. Would you suggest doing these partner and coral interactions on day 1, when a new text is introduced or do these interactions until day 2?

[@BridgingLiteracy]

I would suggest moving the engagement strategies to day 1…. And here is why… can you honestly ensure that ALL students are receiving access to the learning when they are independent? Instead, engage them in the text and teach them the strategies for identifying the events (retelling/ summarizing)… it builds more meaning and purpose.

[@levlogdejanet5062]

Perfect! Thank you so much for your response! I love your videos!

[@lesleycarmichael6422]

Comprehension is so rarely addressed in our units of study.

[@BridgingLiteracy]

Right!? And that’s what we want kids to be able to do! We should be having more and more discussions around effective strategies.

[@angelal2723]

Our district uses Benchmark Advance. The stories are so boring. A lot contain excerpts, so they aren’t even getting the full story to be engaged in. We aren’t allowed to teach from anything else. 😢

[@BridgingLiteracy]

I’m so sorry to hear that. Your school district is doing a disservice to your students by not improving and enhancing the core program you are using. Try using this strategy and I encourage to find the book to help give them some background before reading or after. That might help. 🤍