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February 17, 2011: Advancing the Reading Skills of Students Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Part II: Using Read Alouds to Boost Student Vocabulary and Comprehension Focus: The purpose of this training is to demonstrate how classroom read alouds can be used to build student vocabulary and comprehension through strategic text-based discussions. The use of text-focused discourse provides rich opportunities for extending children's understanding of text and its structures, while simultaneously enhancing vocabulary learning and language. Specifically, the session will highlight how to help students identify differences between narrative and information text, use prompt sheets to retell stories and information text, strategically discuss content in 'book clubs," learn and use new vocabulary words, and use self-monitoring strategies. Overall, the session will discuss strategies for supporting vocabulary and comprehension development during classroom read aloud time. Breakout discussions and application activities will be included to help participants apply the content based on individual teaching setting (e.g., inclusion, itinerant, day school, etc.) and student communication needs. Register at [|www.pattan.net]