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Welcome to Increasing Reading Comprehension! This module is the last of six online modules in Building a Strong Foundation for Lifelong Literacy Success, a professional learning series aimed at supporting teachers’ efforts to promote reading achievement in kindergarten through twelfth grade.

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In this module, we will explore how to provide the type of instruction and practice needed for students to successfully become readers of complex grade-level text. We will make connections to what was learned in the previous modules about oral language, phonological skills, phonics, spelling, accurate and automatic word recognition, text reading fluency, background knowledge, and vocabulary, and we will lay a foundation for how they all contribute to reading comprehension. We will review our conceptual models, the gradual release of responsibility model, and the literacy and language practices to help Emergent Bilinguals achieve reading success. We will explore how to purposefully select text and how the use of comprehension strategies plays a significant role in improving students’ reading comprehension skills. We will learn explicit routines and instructional strategies for teaching comprehension for all grade levels, and fix-up strategies for when comprehension breaks down. We will explore the different types of text structures and how they assist comprehension, how to use Read Alouds in primary grades and masterful reads for adolescents to guide students in high-quality discussions, how to set up protocols for discussion, and how teachers can informally assess comprehension.

 

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PCG Education’s Pepper modules are developed by educational professionals with deep experience in teaching and learning, instructional leadership, curriculum design, professional development, and the implementation of College and Career Ready Standards. Our subject matter experts hold advanced degrees and have years of classroom experience. In addition to being excellent educators and dynamic professional development facilitators, many of our staff have held leadership roles in schools, district offices, and state departments of education.
ZB101, ZB102, ZB103, ZB104, ZB105
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Course Code: ZB106
Course Release: Nov 07, 2023
Estimated Effort: 8 hours

Suggested Prerequisites:
ZB101, ZB102, ZB103, ZB104, ZB105

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