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Classroom teachers and teacher-librarians facilitate collaborative
planning and coteaching by sharing a common language. The following
matrix shows how reading comprehension
strategies and AASL's new
Standards for the 21st-century Learner are related.
Does this matrix answer the question: Are teacher-librarians
teachers of reading?
Alignment Matrix
Reading
Comprehension Strategies
(Zimmermann and Hutchins)
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Standards
for the 21st-century Learner
(AASL)
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| Background Knowledge
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Use prior and background
knowledge as context for new learning. (1.1.2)
Connect ideas to own interests and previous knowledge and
experience. (4.1.5)
Recognize when, why, and how to focus efforts in personal
learning. (4.4.3)
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| Sensory Images |
Use visualization and
imagination to strengthen understanding (comprehension) and
enjoyment. (Judi's inference) |
| Questioning
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Develop
and refine a range of questions to frame search for new understanding.
(1.1.3)
Find, evaluate, and select appropriate sources to answer questions.
(1.1.4)
Display initiative and engagement by posing questions and
investigating the answers beyond the collection of superficial
facts. (1.2.1)
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| Predictions and Inferences |
Read, view, and listen
for information presented in any format (e.g., textual, visual,
media, digital) in order to make inferences and gather meaning.
(1.1.6)
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| Main Ideas |
Organize
knowledge so it is useful. (2.1.2)
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| Fix-up Options |
Monitor gathered information
and assess for gaps and weaknesses. (1.4.3)
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| Synthesizing
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Make sense of information gathered
from diverse sources by identifying misconceptions, main
and supporting ideas, conflicting information, and point
of view or bias. (1.1.7)
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| All Reading
Comprehension Strategies |
Read, view,
and listen for information presented in any format (e.g.,
textual, visual, media, digital) in order to make inferences
and gather meaning. (1.1.6)
Use strategies to draw conclusions
from information and apply knowledge to curricular areas,
real world situations, and further investigations. (2.1.3)
Read, view, and listen for pleasure
and for personal growth. (4.1.1)
Read widely and fluently to make connections with own self,
the world, and previous reading. (4.1.2)
Respond to literature and creative expressions of ideas
in various formats and genres. (4.1.3)
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