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Accoridig to Jeff Zwier all teachers need to be experts on teaching students how to read. But how do we meet the literacy needs of all of our students? They come from different backgrounds with different reading levels. We want them to be able to access and organize the content of their books. He gives the following comprehension habits
 * My Yearlong Literacy Plan. Explain literacy to the students. Model, Model, Model-SHOW THEM HOW TO DO IT! AND THEN DO IT AGAIN!**

__The 6 Compehension Habits__ 1. Organizing Text by Sculpting the Main Idea 2. Connecting to Background Knowledge 3. Making Inferences and Predictions 4. Generating and Answering Questions 5. Undrstanding and Remembering Word Meanings 6. Monitoring One's Own Comprehension

__Things to Remember__ Be strategic Connect the new informaiton to existing Model Scaffold Minilessons Build language Graphic organizers Move

__Critical Thinking As It Relates to Reading__ 1. Do you have an opinion about what is being read? 2. What is going to happen next? 3.Is this a good way to handle the situation? 4.Is there a purpose to this reading? 5.Did you set the stage? 6.Can you focus? Look for validit and reliability? 7.Consider source. 8.Consider language. What is the readability?

"One of the most important habits of comprehension is mentally organizing a text's information to match what the author had in mind." -Jeff Zwiers

Click here to go to Jeff Zwiers' website. He is a great tool when it comes to understanding what needs to happen to get your students to reach their potential. [] His site includes a great deal of information on language and literacy. His topics include: [|Developing Academic Language] [|Teaching Thinking Skills] [|Teaching Languages] [|Scaffolding Content Learning for All Students] [|Building Academic Literacy] [|Summative & Formative Assessment] [|International Education]

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