Building Book Units for Better Comprehension - Tuesday, January 28, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. EST
Date: Tuesday, January 28, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. EST
Instructors: Alison Leveque, PhD and Danielle Ngo, MA
Audience: Grades 1-8, Administrators, Educators
Date: Tuesday, January 28, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. EST
Instructors: Alison Leveque, PhD and Danielle Ngo, MA
Audience: Grades 1-8, Administrators, Educators
Date: Tuesday, January 28, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. EST
Instructors: Alison Leveque, PhD and Danielle Ngo, MA
Audience: Grades 1-8, Administrators, Educators
Why This Workshop:
Thoughtful book units can greatly enhance students’ comprehension of complex narrative texts. This workshop provides a practical framework for planning engaging units and lessons that focus on big ideas and key concepts, themes, story elements, vocabulary, and background knowledge to support and enhance comprehension. Effective strategies for leveraging the reading-writing connection to deepen student understanding will also be explored.
Key Learning Objectives:
Examine elements of narrative texts and utilize a story grammar framework to identify essential story components.
Learn techniques to activate and build background knowledge and vocabulary.
Create effective questions to promote critical thinking and language development.
Integrate writing tasks that reinforce and deepen comprehension.
Gain specific considerations for chapter books and read alouds.
Acquire a planning guide for engaging book units.
