I chose the topic of struggling readers and strategies to help them overcome their difficulties. After searching through many books over the allotted time for this course and talking with my colleagues I was recommended Comprehension strategies: Bridges to strategic reading by Tanny McGregor. This book focused on providing students with concrete ways to understand reading comprehension and how best to apply what they have learned to their reading. McGregor (2007) focused on metacognition, building schema, inferring, questioning, main idea, visualizing and synthesizing. All of this she does with hands on, concrete examples to help students understand the new concept before she applies it to their reading. McGregor (2007) first introduced the importance of comprehension and the disconnect between the
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McGregor (2007) stated “Now I am using concrete objects to craft ‘launching lessons’: lessons that unleash new ways of thinking, lessons that can be referred to again and again, lessons that kids will remember and think about long after the school day is through” (MacGregor, 2007, p. 2). The launching sequence she has designed to help readers with comprehension is a process that is most effective when done in order. McGregor (2007) required concrete experiences, sensory exercises, wordless picture books, and then time for text (p.5). Each step links itself back to the original concrete experience so students always have a prior knowledge anchor to start with. Each chapter focuses on the different comprehension focus points and then models the launching sequence and what it could look like. The book reads like a colleague is speaking to you. The language is comfortable and very clear. McGregor (2007) provided photos, charts, and listed recommended activities and strategies to help students apply their own launching
McGregor (2007) stated “Now I am using concrete objects to craft ‘launching lessons’: lessons that unleash new ways of thinking, lessons that can be referred to again and again, lessons that kids will remember and think about long after the school day is through” (MacGregor, 2007, p. 2). The launching sequence she has designed to help readers with comprehension is a process that is most effective when done in order. McGregor (2007) required concrete experiences, sensory exercises, wordless picture books, and then time for text (p.5). Each step links itself back to the original concrete experience so students always have a prior knowledge anchor to start with. Each chapter focuses on the different comprehension focus points and then models the launching sequence and what it could look like. The book reads like a colleague is speaking to you. The language is comfortable and very clear. McGregor (2007) provided photos, charts, and listed recommended activities and strategies to help students apply their own launching