This lesson was field tested by reading teacher Denise Webb and
Judi Moreillon, serving in the role of teacher-librarian. Denise
teaches at Blenman Elementary School in Tucson, Arizona. In April
2007, she had fifteen struggle readers in her tutoring class.
Denise and Judi divided the class in half for the presentation
and guided practice (identifying and using fix-up options). This
allowed students to have many more opportunities to share their
ideas.
The educators brought the class back together as a group to compare
their use of fix-up options. When they compared their charts,
students saw that different readers use different options in order
to make meaning with a difficult text. Both groups identified
using visualization as support for comprehension as the least
often used option and one that they could work on in the future.
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