MIRA+Session+1+-+Harrisburg,+December+6,+2011

Welcome MIRA team!

Below you will find the documents that we used during our December 6, 2011 meeting. Our major topics were strategies for improving comprehension of non-fiction texts and with a special focus on how to conduct think-alouds.

Here is an overview of Think-alouds:

And some more information on this strategy which is particularly beneficial for ELLs and struggling learners.

Here are some helpful instructional strategies that were gleaned from the book: //Teaching Reading in Science// by Mary Lee Barton and Deborah L. Jordan, McREL, 2001

And, finally, here is the agenda for our December session:



Please do not hesitate to contact Tiz at epowers@ceee.gwu.edu or Pam at pgwrigg@gmail.com if you have any questions.