I have previously blogged about some of the online tools which can be used to create quizzes, or used as a facilitator of discussions. Many…
Category: Comprehension
Traditional and Multimodal Versions of Books: Isn’t it all about balance?
Posted in Classroom, Comprehension, iPads and Apps, Literacy, Reading, and Reading apps
Hi everyone, I am intrigued by the use of traditional and multimodal texts in literacy classrooms. These texts are electronic books that incorporate additional features…
A list of traditional and multimodal christmas books
Posted in Celebrations, Christmas, Classroom, Comprehension, Literacy, and Writing
My Favourite Christmas Books. (if you click on the pictures it will take you to the link for the Book Depository) I love traditional books…
Printable graphic organisers for reading comprehension
Posted in Classroom, Comprehension, Comprehension, Literacy, and Reading
The site teaching for comprehension and fluency created by Fountas and Pinnell has some excellent graphic oragnisers which have been specifically created for reading comprehension.…
Reading Resources for comprehension
Posted in Classroom, Comprehension, Literacy, and Reading
Hi Everyone, I was just looking on the internet and happened to stumble across this site which was created in 2012. The site Read Works.org,…
Dust Echo – Online indigenous stories
Posted in Classroom, Comprehension, Literacy, and Writing
http://www.abc.net.au/dustechoes/default.htm Dust echos is a online site created by the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Association). “Dust Echoes is a series of twelve beautifully animated dream time stories…
Newspaper Creators
Posted in Character Development, Classroom, Comprehension, Humanities/ Topics, Literacy, Reading, Speaking and Listening, Spelling, Web 2.0 tools, and Writing
Yesterday I attended and presented at a very interesting discussion surrounding innovations in teaching and learning in higher education. It was a great day with lots of sharing of ideas. One of the discussions surrounded…
Video for inferring and Prediction
Posted in Classroom, Comprehension, and Literacy
Online Game for inferring and Prediction
Posted in Classroom, Comprehension, and Literacy
This is an online interactive game. A story is read and then the children need to choose which is the correct clue based on the skill of…
Printables for inferring
Posted in Classroom, Comprehension, and Literacy
Todays post is on printables I have found which can be used to record student learning during independent activities/ reading rotations etc. http://havefunteaching.com/worksheets/reading-worksheets/inferences-worksheets/ http://teacher.scholastic.com/reading/bestpractices/vocabulary/pdf/sr_allgo.pdf – This is a…
Another Video for teaching inferring and prediction.
Posted in Classroom, Comprehension, and Literacy
Following on from yesterday, here is another video which would be fantastic for teaching the skill of inferring and prediction. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIlIVFBBbNw by Phillip Roger Possible Questions:…
Video for teaching the skills of inferring and prediction.
Posted in Classroom, Comprehension, Comprehension, and Literacy
We all know how important it is to explicitly teach comprehension skills. Today’s post is on the skills of inference and prediction. Inferring can be defined as; to derive…
