E. Use a variety of strategies to repair comprehension examples: crosscheck, reread, predict, self-correct
 

Lesson Plans:

Creating a Wall Story
In this lesson, students create a wall story as a means of retelling a story.

The Frog Beyond the Fairy Tale Character:  Searching Informational Texts
Students consider their prior knowledge about frogs by predicting whether eight statements are true or false.

Predict and Clarify with The Old Woman and Her Pig
Use the narrative text, "The Old Woman and Her Pig" to introduce comprehension strategies.  Students will learn to make predictions and check them,  along with clarifying and retelling.
 

Resources:

And Then... Use this activity to work on predicting

Proficient Readers and Writers...Problem solve, repair reading/writing when meaning breaks down: This site gives different strategies for helping readers.

Suggestions for English Language Learners (ELLs):
(E/B=Entering/Beginning, D=Developing, E=Expanding)

E/B: Respond nonverbally to express predictions; D: Confirm predictions from prior knowledge, illustrations, key sight words, and context clues; E: Confirm predictions from prior knowledge, key sight words, and context clues.
E/B: Listen to stories read aloud and respond to comprehension questions by using nonverbal communication or one-or-two word responses.
E/B: Identify and restate the title of a book with visual support; D: Identify and state title, author, and the table of contents from a book; E: Identify and state the purpose of the title, author, illustrator, and table of contents from a book.
E/B: Convey understanding of basic facts through gesturing (i.e. pointing to pictorial representations) and using key words and phrases (orally and possibly written); D: Summarize understanding of basic facts with key spoken phrases or sentences with limited prompting.
E/B: Respond to simple questions about key words and illustrations.
E/B: Respond to meaning and sequence of stories through pictures and key spoken words or phrases; D: Respond orally to meaning and sequence of stories with simple sentences; E: Respond to stories from a variety of sources by speaking or writing with moderately complex sentences.
E: Summarize characters, setting, and main events with spoken phrases or sentences.

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