This presentation examines the strategy of comprehension monitoring.

3. Readers

4. Good GREAT! The part of a text, magazine, that articulates the authors message or ideas about the underlying topic or theme (may or may not be explicitly stated)

9. Fiction is like an apple…. Because you begin reading stories with one bite all the way to the end until the “core ” life topic is revealed. Theme Life Topic Universal

10. FICTION TOPICS(THEME): Universal understandings authors write about in their story growing up jealousy making friends success fear siblings romance trickery failure change overcoming injustice power arrogance death superficial love courage acceptance selfishness being ordinary moving on family relationships (beginning, ending, trials within) wealth

11. Nonfiction is like an orange… Because nonfiction is about reading and connecting The sections to the writers whole idea about the topic. BIG Topic Section Topic Section Topic

12. Anchor What it Means to Me as a Reader Fiction is like an apple. Non fiction is like an orange. Text features are like gifts. Text structures are like “roads to meaning.” Reading is like a puzzle. Because you begin reading stories with one bite all the way to the end until the “core ” life story is revealed. Because nonfiction is about reading and connecting The sections to the writers whole idea about the topic. Because they “unwrap” meaning by pointing out to us What the author thinks is really important about the topic Because they lead us through the text to the authors meaning. Because great reading is about putting all the pieces Of information together to see the whole BIG PICTURE ! © Maiers, 2007

14. Monitoring WHAT and the WHY?

23. OSMOSIS or TEACH???

26. “Tracking Thinking” Awareness

29. ATTENTION Where? When? What?

31. Altered Text Activity

33. ACTIONS Thinking Toolbox

35. “ Selective Action” I used the fix-up strategy…

37. Supporting Learners

39. Genre: Format: Task/Purpose: “ ONE TEXT/TASK AT A TIME” Attitude/Stance Strategies/Tools Behaviors/Actions TEXT