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7. Reading Comprehension (informational/expository texts)

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  • 1. Multiple Choice
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    A teacher can best help sixth graders draw inferences from informational text by asking them to complete which of the following statements?

    In my opinion...

    The passage suggests...

    In comparison...

    The author's first point is...

  • 2. Multiple Choice
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    A sixth-grade teacher gives students several persuasive essays that present contrasting opinions on a current social issue. The teacher then asks students to consider the following questions as they read the texts.


    1. What is the author's opinion on the issue?
    2. How might the author's background influence his or her opinion?
    3. What evidence does the author use to support his or her opinion?


    These questions are likely to be most effective for helping students:

    monitor comprehension of informational texts.

    identify the theme in expository texts.

    draw inferences from informational texts.

    analyze point of view in expository texts.

  • 3. Multiple Choice
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    A third-grade teacher periodically reads aloud from a chapter in content-area textbooks and describes his thought processes as he reads. Following is an example:

    "'The moon does not shine on its own. The sun's light reflects off the moon'. Hmm. I'm imagining that the sun is like a flashlight shining on the moon in the dark. 'As moon rotates, only the part that faces the sun is visible from the Earth.' I'm not quite sure what "visible" means, but is sounds kind of like vision, which I know has to do with eyes. It probably means the part that we can see from the Earth. Now, that makes me wonder-- why do we see different amounts of the moon at different times? Let's see if the next part of the chapter explains this..."

    This practice is most likely to promote students' reading proficiency by:

    exposing them to new vocabulary in context.

    modeling for them metacognitive comprehension strategies.

    giving them an example of fluent oral reading.

    summarizing for them the main ideas of an expository text.

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