Directed Reading Lesson Paper

Directed Reading Lesson
Reading is a complex process that involves an array of strategies to acquire comprehension (Tompkins, 2010). Struggling readers lack some of the necessary components to acquire comprehension. Teachers must help students acquire the essential strategies that help build comprehension. Teachers must not rely solely on building word study abilities, they should also ensure understanding of the text. Struggling readers are already behind; therefore, teachers must ensure that readers are exposed to comprehension strategies that help them create meaning of the text as read the text. Throughout this paper, I will describe and explain my experience during a lesson to guide students as they attempt to comprehend the text. In this …show more content…
I knew that my students had some background information about frogs since we were covering life cycles in science. Therefore, I chose the Frog to build on that knowledge and enhance their motivation about reading. According to Briggs and Forbes, (2009) struggling readers can be engaged with the reading when they can monitor and understand the information that they are reading. Before the students read the story, the group conducted a brainstorm activity. During the brainstorm, the teacher solicited information about frogs from the students. The students were given time to think recall information and jotted the information on their white boards. After two or three minutes, the teacher prompted students to provide the information. At the same time, the teacher recorded the students’ responses on a circle map. If students provided information of which they were not certain we recorded the information outside the circle. The information outside the circle will be corroborated at a later time with the reading or conducting research. The brainstorm discussion activated the student knowledge of the subject and made aware of how much knowledge they had about the